Days After Wimbledon Humiliation, Stoic Victoria Azarenka Issues Stern Response as She Maintains Dignity and Composure Over the Unjust Crowd’s Bizarre Sendoff

Victoria Azarenka, the Belarusian tennis star, faced a wave of disapproval from the crowd as she was booed off the center court following her round of 16 defeat to Elina Svitolina. The reason behind the spectators’ negative reaction was Azarenka not shaking hands with her Ukrainian opponent at the end of the match. But, it was due to Svitolina’s stand on not partaking in any pre or post-match handshakes with Russian and Belarusian opponents. After days of silence, Victoria has finally spoken up after all the Wimbledon drama she had to face through social media.

However, Victoria and Elina showed their mutual respect for each other by raising hands towards one another and showing how much they value the game and, of course, the sportsmanship. But the audience refrained from understanding this and continued to question Victoria’s integrity and ethics.

Victoria Azarenka addresses her fans after giving them the silent treatment for days

After facing considerable backlash for her actions during her fourth-round defeat to Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon, Victoria Azarenka finally opened up about the drama that unfolded on the Centre Court. The Belarusian tennis star, who was booed off the court for refusing to shake hands with her Ukrainian opponent, finally addressed her fans and shared a ‘grateful message’ with them on Twitter.

She wrote, “Took a few days to digest the last few weeks. There is a lot I could say, but the feeling and thought I keep having is, when something great happens to us we usually have gratitude and say thank you. When something unpleasant happens to us we ask why and usually the thank you comes later when we see the reason why after the fact. Whatever happens, happens for a reason (I really believe that) And I want to say thank you and I’ll continue being grateful for the experiences.”

Victoria has yet not addressed the booing-off incident. But her speaking up about being grateful in every situation definitely resonated with her fans as they came to support her immediately after she posted it.

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Victoria receives tremendous support from fans on Twitter

After her grateful message, a lot of fans found what she wrote relatable and came to give their best to her on social media. Her tweet persuaded a lot of her fans to sympathize with her. A lot of fans wrote about how they love her and even called her kind and compassionate. Other users also applauded Victoria for sharing words of wisdom and also told her how proud they felt for her.

Victoria’s fans also mentioned that people have both good and bad moments and her skill to find good in a bad situation also shows that she had a good run and she should be proud of herself.

Do you think the Centre Court crowd was wrong to react in the way they did after the Belarusian’s defeat? Let us know in the comments.

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