Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva received negative feedback during and immediately after an awkward moment with a ball girl at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
The incident took place during Putintseva's third-round match against Jasmine Paolini of Italy, when she was losing in the second set and behaved badly towards the younger player. New York Post Reported on monday.
Tennis star Yulia Putintseva accused of insulting ball girl at US Open https://t.co/vhQsIgHPqG pic.twitter.com/6KYV1kPfVd
— New York Post (@nypost) September 2, 2024
Video footage show The moment when the ball girl offers Putintseva a tennis ball. The young woman throws the ball, but Putintseva doesn't react. A few minutes later, the tennis player catches the third ball, and boos can be heard from the crowd.
Who does Putintseva think she is?
Terrible attitude towards ball girls!!! https://t.co/Uz8gH7Rx0g— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) September 1, 2024
Social media users were quick to react to the incident, with one person writing: call Putintseva: “I have the right.”
Another user be considered It's a “punk move,” but someone else said“This is what happens when you live in a world where people who hit balls at the ruck get paid more than those who save lives every day.”
Following the backlash, Russia-born Putintseva apologised and explained what had happened. Telegraph Reported She said in a social media post on Monday.
I want to apologize to the ball girl for the way I acted when she handed me the ball. To be honest, it wasn't her fault. I was really angry at myself for not winning the game after a break point, and I was so emotionally drained, so lost in my thoughts that I couldn't even concentrate on what was going on or who handed me the ball. All the ball girls were [sic] As always, he is performing brilliantly in the Open.
of post The article stated, “Paolini won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.”
Putintseva Reportedly He has a “fierce history” on and off the tennis court. Daily Mail.
“Perhaps her biggest on-court controversy came in 2019 when she gave the finger to the crowd after losing at the Australian Open,” the outlet reported.
