Ukraine’s Kostyuk defends ‘conscious choice’ to speak out about war

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk has defended her “conscious choice” to address the plight of her country during the trophy presentation of a pre-Australian Open event in Brisbane. The world number 20 did not shake hands with top-ranked Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka after being beaten in Sunday’s final in straight sets. READ: Sabalenka fires Australian Open