Victoria Azarenka She deleted all her social media accounts after she burst into tears in the third round match with Elena Ribakina also 2022 Indian Wells.
The Belarusian lost the first set, but in the 5th match of the second set he crouched and burst into tears. This prompted the head referee and rival Rybakina to check on Azarenka. Then he appeared to apologize and said, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry“Old World No.1 kept his cool afterwards but eventually lost 6-3, 6-4.
Azarenka has yet to comment on her mid-match collapse and has now deleted all her social media accounts. rival Ribakina He expressed his concern for the Belarusian, adding that he did not know why Azarenka burst into tears.
“I hope everything is fine with Vika because I don’t know what happened. I hope everything is okay. Yeah, I was just trying to focus on every point, don’t look at it, what’s going on. So, I don’t know what it is anyway. I can only see that we keep playing and she keeps fighting“said.
‘I’m devastated’ – Victoria Azarenka expresses concern for Ukraine before Indian Wells
With all the anger and controversy about the sad situation in Ukraine, where Belarusian players are competing under a neutral flag, it may have hurt Azarenka. Azarenka, who previously voiced the conflicts in Ukraine, called for peace by expressing her support for Ukraine, even though her native Belarus is Russia’s ally in the war.
“The actions against and in Ukraine over the past few days have devastated me. It is heartbreaking to see how many innocent people have been and continue to be affected by this violence. I have always seen and experienced Ukrainians and Belarusians as friendly and supportive people. It’s hard to witness the violent breakup happening right now”
Azarenka made an emotional and heartfelt plea for peace before the third round match. He also drew attention to how the war caused great harm to people and made a definite statement by saying that ‘violence is not justified’.
“People may have different opinions and I know a lot of things can be distorted, but what I see is that if there is anything missing in this world, it is empathy and compassion. We are all human and have to take care of each other, that’s life. The basic foundation of humanity, even in the midst of such a conflict, should not be lost in conflict, and if we develop these principles we can avoid such things. Violence cannot be justified under any circumstances.“At the press conference in Indian Wells,” he said.
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