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Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk battled back from a set down and dealt with three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 and move into the Wimbledon second round.

Top players such as Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev are back after the All England Club lifted its controversial ban

The Belarusian world No 2 beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-2 but in a closed interview said: ‘On Wednesday I did not feel safe in press conferences’

Sabalenka was asked to condemn the war by the reporter during a tense exchange at Roland Garros

Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka declined to answer questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine after she won a match at the French Open

Elina Svitolina started her French Open campaign with a win but wants more than “empty words” in support of Ukraine

Discussions about the war in Ukraine on the tennis circuit avoid the important issues and are just empty words that do not support people who are suffering, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina said on Monday.

The Ukrainian has been the most outspoken critic of tennis’ reaction to the war in her home country.

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk took issue with the French Open’s notoriously fickle crowd, and players’ silence over the war in her home country, after she was booed off the court on Sunday for declining to shake hands with her Belarusian opponent on an otherwise unremarkable opening day at Roland Garros.