Sabalenka refuses to shake hands with Ukraine's Tsurenko after third-round win

[Music] defending Champion Arna sabalenka continued her Sensational form at the 2024 Australian Open and afterwards she admitted she was unperturbed after her opponent lesie at sureno once again opted not to shake her hand sabalenka recorded her first ever double bagel on WTA tour level on Friday as she crushed sinko 6 to Zer 6 to0 in only 52 minutes in their third round Clash on Rod labor arena with three victories in the bag sabalenka heads into the fourth round having dropped just six games in total but her wi over at Sereno did end on an uneasy note as there was again no post-match handshake as players from the Ukraine refused to shake hands with their counterparts from Russia and bellarus following the invasion of their home country nearly two years ago do sabalenka and sureno though did acknowledge each other and that was good enough for the world number two this situation has been happening for a long time on tour and I understand and respect everyone's position sabalenka said