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Ukraine’s Kostyuk blasts Russia stars in French Open outburst over war

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 478 words · By Reuters
Athlete Responsibility Russia-Ukraine War Sports and Politics
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Ukraine’s Kostyuk blasts Russia stars in French Open outburst over war Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk faces Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in semifinal after beating Elina Svitolina at Roland Garros.

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What happened

Ukraine’s Kostyuk blasts Russia stars in French Open outburst over war Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk faces Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in semifinal after beating Elina Svitolina at Roland Garros.

Why it matters

Marta Kostyuk accused Russian players of hiding behind silence over the war in Ukraine, saying after four years of conflict they had shown “whose side they are on”, as she reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open.

Common ground

The 23-year-old beat fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-2 in an emotional quarterfinal on Tuesday, played hours after another night of Russian strikes on Kyiv, then launched a scathing attack on Russian players who continue to avoid publicly…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk faces Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in semifinal after beating Elina Svitolina at Roland Garros.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Marta Kostyuk defeated Elina Svitolina to reach the Roland Garros semifinals and was scheduled to face Mirra Andreeva.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirra Andreeva defeated Maja Chwalińska in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 French Open. It was her first major title and sixth WTA Tour–level singles title over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_French_Open_–_Women's_sin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (Ukrainian: Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, pronounced [eˈl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ s⁽ʲ⁾wiˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ]; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rank…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elina_Svitolina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marta Olehivna Kostyuk (Ukrainian: Марта Олегівна Костюк [ˈmɑrtɐ koˈsʲtʲuk]; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings by the WTA of No. 12 in singles,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Kostyuk
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Claim 2: “The 23-year-old beat fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-2 in an emotional quarterfinal on Tuesday”
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Three independent web sources explicitly confirm the score of the match as 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the French Open quarterfinals between Kostyuk and Svitolina.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirra Andreeva defeated Maja Chwalińska in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 French Open. It was her first major title and sixth WTA Tour–level singles title over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_French_Open_–_Women's_sin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (Ukrainian: Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, pronounced [eˈl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ s⁽ʲ⁾wiˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ]; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rank…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elina_Svitolina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marta Olehivna Kostyuk (Ukrainian: Марта Олегівна Костюк [ˈmɑrtɐ koˈsʲtʲuk]; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings by the WTA of No. 12 in singles,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Kostyuk
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Claim 3: “She cited fellow player Daria Kasatkina, who switched her allegiance from Russia to Australia last year”
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Wikipedia explicitly identifies Daria Kasatkina as a 'Russian-born Australian professional tennis player', confirming the change in allegiance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, achieved …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Kasatkina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Russian-born Australian tennis player Daria Kasatkina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Kasatkina_career_statist…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daria Saville (née Gavrilova; born 5 March 1994) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021. On 28 August 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Saville
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Claim 4: “played hours after another night of Russian strikes on Kyiv”
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Web search results confirm Russian strikes on Kyiv occurred around the time of the match, with one source specifically mentioning missiles narrowly missing Kostyuk's family home the night before her French Open match and another mentioning air raid alerts on a Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Geneva were the third round of trilateral talks between delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. The meetings took place in Geneva on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States–Ukraine–Rus…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russ…
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Claim 5: “Russian players, including Diana Shnaider and Andreeva, who have previously said they focus only on the tennis ball and avoid political discussion.”
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A web search result from a war briefing explicitly mentions that Diana Shnaider and Mirra Andreeva have previously stated they focus only on the tennis ball and avoid political discussion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Mirra Andreeva. She has won a major at 2026 French Open. She also won the doubles silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirra_Andreeva_career_statisti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diana Maximovna Shnaider (Russian: Диа́на Макси́мовна Шна́йдер, pronounced [dʲɪˈanə mɐˈksʲiməvnə ˈʂnajdɨr]; born 2 April 2004) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA single…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Shnaider
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirra Aleksandrovna Andreeva (born 29 April 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 5 in singles, achieved in July 2025, and No. 12 in double…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirra_Andreeva
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