PUBLISHED : 19 Jan 2024 at 12: 04 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 obstructed out the political overtones of her third-round match versus Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko at the Australian Open on Friday to ease into the 2nd week of the Grand Slam with an simple 6-0 6-0 triumph. Sabalenka was last scheduled to face the Ukrainian at Indian Wells last year, however Tsurenko withdrew after suffering a panic attack when talking with authorities about the reaction of tennis to Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine, for which Belarus was utilized as a staging ground. Reigning champ and 2nd seed Sabalenka is playing at Melbourne Park without authorities nationwide association under conditions enforced on Russian and Belarusian gamers by competition orga
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