The Ukrainian, who does not shake hands with the Russians, lost to Andreeva at Roland Garros

Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk completed her performance at Roland Garros — 2026, losing in the semifinals to Russian Mirra Andreeva.

The meeting took place today, June 4, and lasted two sets. In the first game Andreeva confidently prevailed with a score of 6:1, and in the second set the Ukrainian tried to impose a fight. The decisive break was performed by the Russians in the eighth game, after which Andreeva confidently submitted for the match — 6:3.

Andreeva reached the finals of the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Previously, the best result of the Russian was reaching the semifinals of Roland Garros-2024. There she lost in two sets to the representative of Italy Jasmine Paolini.

Before the match at Roland Garros-2026 Andreeva met Kostyuk twice, both matches were held this season. For the first time they played in the quarter—finals of a hard tournament in Brisbane, Australia, where the Russian was defeated with a score of 6:7, 3:6. After that, there was a meeting in the finals of the thousandth clay in Madrid, where the Ukrainian again turned out to be stronger in two sets - 6:3, 7:5. At Roland Garros" Andreeva won the first victory in the confrontation, and this time the athletes again met in two games.

Kostyuk before the match expressed complaints to Andreeva because of the "strategy of silence".

"I don't know how you can sleep soundly at night, understanding what's going on, and at the same time not have anything to say about it," Kostyuk said.

The Ukrainian, starting in 2022, has been sharply criticizing Russian athletes and refuses to shake hands with them. After losing to Andreeva, she also did not approach the Russian. At the same time, Kostyuk in March last year shook hands with Daria Kasatkina, who changed her Russian citizenship to Australian.

In April 2022, Kostyuk was among the Ukrainian athletes who made a collective appeal to take measures against Russians and Belarusians. Ukrainians demanded from the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the WTA to get Russians and Belarusians to publicly voice their position on the events at the Ukraine. The organizations ignored their demand.

The Russian final may happen at Roland Garros - 2026, <url> predicts. For the first time since 2004, fans can see the Russian final at Roland Garros. In the second semi—final, another Russian woman will play - Diana Schneider, who had never reached this stage of the Slam before in her career. Her opponent will be Polish tennis player Maya Hvalinska — the main sensation of the current tournament.