{"id":685863,"date":"2026-06-05T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685863\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:32:13","slug":"marta-kostyuk-accused-of-classless-gesture-after-loss-to-mirra-andreeva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685863\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Kostyuk Accused Of ‘Classless’ Gesture After Loss To Mirra Andreeva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mirra Andreeva and Marta Kostyuk squared off in the semifinals at Roland Garros this Thursday. Although it was expected to be an intense battle, there was just one-way traffic on Court Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n

Andreeva punched her ticket to Saturday’s final at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Kostyuk. It was arguably the best performance of the 19-year-old’s career given the pressure she was facing coming into this match.<\/p>\n

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“I just told myself that no matter what happens, I’m just gonna fight, give my best. If she ends up winning, she’s gonna have to really work for it. With this mindset, I ended up winning.”<\/p>\n

Even though Andreeva put together an incredible performance, Kostyuk didn’t shake her hand at the net. That decision didn’t sit well with tennis<\/a> fans, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

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Jun 2, 2026; Paris, France; Mirra Andreeva celebrates winning her match against Sorana Cirstea of Romania on day 10 at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images\u00a9 Susan Mullane-Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

“Kostyuk no handshake gimmick has got to stop,” one fan said. “Very unsportsmanlike and shows that she has a huge ego.”<\/p>\n

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“No handshake or even a head nod from Kostyuk, low class clown,” a second fan commented.<\/p>\n

“Kostyuk no handshake like a sore loser,” another fan wrote.<\/p>\n

“Marta predictably doesn\u2019t give Mirra a handshake after being walloped in straight sets,” another tennis fan commented.<\/p>\n

Why didn’t Marta Kostyuk shake hands with Mirra Andreeva?<\/p>\n

Kostyuk, who was born in Ukraine, has made it clear she won’t shake hands with Russian players as long as the war is going on in her home country.<\/p>\n

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“The only person I shake hands with is Daria Kasatkina because she didn’t just change her passport, but also openly said she doesn’t support the war and all that,” Kostyuk said. “That’s why me and other girls decided to shake her hand, simply out of respect. … I don\u2019t necessarily recall [others] speaking out against the war. I don\u2019t know what their intentions were and they haven\u2019t spoken about it. It\u2019s just a flag next to your name, but I don\u2019t see it as a complete picture.”<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, Andreeva had nothing but kind things to say about Kostyuk after she lost to her in the Madrid Open final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to congratulate Marta and the team for this amazing win today and for how your clay season is going as well,\u201d\u00a0the 19-year-old star said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cYou won two tournaments in a row. You\u2019re playing very well. Congrats for the win today as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jun 4, 2026, where it first appeared in the Tennis<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mirra Andreeva and Marta Kostyuk squared off in the semifinals at Roland Garros this Thursday. Although it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[74010,9747,33366,250476,99,428],"class_list":["post-685863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-marta-kostyuk","tag-mirra-andreeva","tag-roland-garros","tag-shake-hands","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}