萨巴伦卡为疯传片段道歉：称发言不是针对斯维托丽娜，是对看台观众的情绪反应
11月14日，白俄罗斯球员阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡（Aryna Sabalenka）在 Instagram 快拍发声明，为前一天在加州 Indian Wells 举行的 WTA 总决赛比赛中流出的一段疯传片段道歉。她说，那番话不是针对乌克兰对手埃琳娜·斯维托丽娜（Elina Svitolina），而是她对看台上一小群观众的情绪反应。
萨巴伦卡在声明中写道：「我想澄清一下我最近一场比赛中在网上流传的事情。我的发言不是针对埃琳娜。我当时对一小群大声为我的失误喝彩的观众感到沮丧，我在那一刻情绪化地作出了反应。」她接着写道：「话虽如此，我本应以不同的方式处理自己的情绪，我向所有被冒犯的人道歉。埃琳娜打了一场精彩的比赛，祝她在接下来的赛事中一切顺利。」
引发争议的片段在社交平台广泛流传，画面中可以听到萨巴伦卡在比赛中骂人，但原声并不清晰。据 Tennis Majors 报道，一些网友靠读唇猜测她用俄语侮辱了斯维托丽娜或乌克兰人，但各人对她原话的解读并不一致，也无法独立核实。
片段流传后，白俄罗斯反对派政治人物 Pavel Latushka 在 X 上称这一行为「完全不可接受」，并要求将萨巴伦卡禁赛于所有 WTA 认可的赛事。截至 Tennis Majors 发稿时，WTA 尚未就此事置评，斯维托丽娜赛后也没有提及这一片段。
这场比赛在11月13日举行，斯维托丽娜以 6 比 3、3 比 6、6 比 1 获胜，晋级半决赛，萨巴伦卡则被淘汰出局。据 Tennis Majors 报道，萨巴伦卡在整场比赛中多次对自己的表现生气，在第一盘和第三盘都曾让领先优势溜走；比赛结束后，斯维托丽娜没有与她握手，这与她自俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来对俄罗斯和白俄罗斯球员一贯的做法相同。
Sabalenka Apologizes Over Viral Clip, Says Her Comment Was Not Directed at Svitolina
On November 14, Belarusian player Aryna Sabalenka posted a statement on her Instagram story apologizing over a viral clip from her WTA Finals match against Ukrainian opponent Elina Svitolina the previous day at Indian Wells, California. She said the comment was not directed at Svitolina, but was an emotional reaction to a small group of spectators in the stands.
"I want to clarify something from my recent match that has been circulating online. My comment was not directed at Elina. I was frustrated with a small group of spectators who were aggressively cheering my mistakes, and I reacted emotionally in the moment," she wrote. "That said, I should have handled my frustration differently, and I apologise to anyone I offended. Elina played a great match, and I wish her all the best for the rest of the tournament."
The clip shared widely on social media shows Sabalenka swearing during the match, but the sound is inaudible. According to Tennis Majors, some users, relying on lip-reading, claimed she had insulted Svitolina or Ukrainians in Russian, but their interpretations of her exact words differ and could not be independently verified.
After the clip spread, Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushka called her behaviour "absolutely unacceptable" on X and demanded that she be suspended from all WTA-sanctioned tournaments. At the time of Tennis Majors' reporting, the WTA had not commented on the incident, and Svitolina made no reference to it after the match.
Svitolina won the match on November 13, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, to reach the semi-finals and knock Sabalenka out of the tournament. According to Tennis Majors, Sabalenka was visibly angry with herself throughout the match and let a lead slip in both the first and third sets. Svitolina did not shake hands with her at the end of the match, as she has done with all Russian and Belarusian players since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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图片来源：萨巴伦卡2025年在迈阿密公开赛的资料图，Vbrunophotog摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons；非本次比赛画面。/ File photo of Aryna Sabalenka at the 2025 Miami Open, by Vbrunophotog, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; not a photo from this match.
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