Iga Swiatek is working on it again.
The biased former world No. 1 was booed by spectators on Saturday and was later eliminated by rising star Mira Andreva in the Indian Wells blockbuster semi-finals.
The Queen of Claycourt has been running high for 10 consecutive games in the California tournament, chasing the unprecedented third Indian Wells title, but she was surprised by her 17-year-old opponents 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 6-3.
Visibly annoyed as the match slipped away from her in the third set, Swiatek complained to the referee about claiming that she was a move from the ball kids from behind as she was preparing to receive Andreva's serve.
A few minutes later, the Polish star lost the plot when she was thrown the ball by the ball boy.
The ball's child managed to raise his arms as the ball missed him slightly before the ball shot into the crowd.
The crowd, surprised by the fierce explosion of Swiatek, responded with a wave of boos.
The crowd was already cheering for the support of the five-time Grand Slam champion and Andreva.
Roland Garros' four-time champion Sweet has a long list of poor sportsmanship acts, and Saturday's explosion adds to her general dislike around the world.
Swiatek has also been widely criticized for the situation behind the one-month suspension handed over after testing positive for a banned substance.
The Ball Boy Spike video has become a virus with hundreds of thousands of views on X.
The incident was highlighted by X's tennis analyst Pavvy G, with social media commentators highlighting Swiatek's previous poor behavior.
“In the past few months, Swiatek has failed drug tests, negotiated a ban on installments, did not miss the WTA and BJK finals, and did not own a double bounce, so he deflected Madison's keys, destroyed the racket and set up the ball towards the ball boy,” he posted.
Other tennis fans were even more poignant about Swiatek's actions.
One author posted: Sportsmanship and dangerous play. I have never seen such ugly behavior.”
Another fan wrote: “Swiatek is the poorest sport in the WTA. The second thing is that she doesn't wait for her to come to the food stall tactics. She's very difficult to cheer.”
The explosion didn't help Swiatek break out of the slump of the third set, and Andreeva held her calm and put together set 6-3.
The Russians now face the world's No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Andreeva is the youngest Indian Wells finalist since 17-year-old Kim Clijsters in 2001.
Swiatek, who hadn't dropped a set in his previous 10-game victory at California Desert, was extremely confident as he only dropped one point in his first three service games.
However, Andreeva insisted on the first break of the match with a 5-4 lead, and Swiatek opened his double fault and forehand into the net with his forehand crosscourt, spreading out his forehand crosscourt.
SwiaTek broke in the next game, and they went to The TieBreaker, where Andreeva opened with the stabbing backhand cross coat winner to launch the dominant display.
Swiatek put her frustration aside and broke Andreeva to open the second set, breaking her twice more as the Russian error increased under pressure from the other party.
“I saw my mother's nervous look on the big screen,” Andreva told the crowd.
“I tried not to look there.” But the roles were turned back once more when Andreeva defeated Swiatek to open the third and sealed the victory on the third break of the set.
