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Bangkok Post – No handshakes as Sabalenka downs Ukraine’s Tsurenko

Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko shakes hands with the umpire after losing her third-round match on Friday, as Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka looks on. (Photo: Reuters)

MELBOURNE – Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka blocked out the political overtones of her third-round match against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko at the Australian Open on Friday to ease into the second week of the Grand Slam with an easy 6-0 6-0 victory.

Sabalenka was last scheduled to face the Ukrainian at Indian Wells last…

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