Maria Sakkari-Yulia Putintseva row: Kazakhstan participant breaks silence after tennis row at Unhealthy Homburg goes viral | Tennis Information
Yulia Putintseva has hit again at Maria Sakkari after their feisty trade on the Unhealthy Homburg Open in Germany went viral.
Sakkari beat Putintseva 7-5 7-6 (8-6) in an in depth encounter earlier than the pair shook arms and exchanged insults.
One of many feedback made by Sakkari to Putintseva which the microphone picked up was “once you shake arms with somebody, look them within the eyes” adopted by “no person likes you”.
In her on court-interview, former world No 3 Sakkari mentioned: “I do not suppose she’s going to ask me for dinner for the remainder of our lives, however I do not care.
“I’ve excellent associates and I will go to dinner with them. Let me go away it right here, and simply say that I’ve respect for her as a participant, however that is it.”
On Monday, Putintseva posted on her Instagram story “by the best way – not that I care – I shook her hand as most girls do. Clearly not based on the ‘hugging protocol’ some males appear to observe.”
Putintseva additionally reposted a video from Instagram account The Tennis Pulse which confirmed a clip of Sunday’s incident the place Sakkari mentioned “once you shake arms, take a look at the opposite individual within the eye”, earlier than switching to the Greek place shaking arms with Emma Raducanu and Martina Trevisan in numerous matches. In each cases, Sakkari’s head was not her opponent within the footage.
In the identical video, Putintseva posted a caption of “And the plot thickens…” with a clown emoji.
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Final 12 months, Putintseva apologised after an ungainly trade with a ball lady throughout her third-round US Open exit.
A video circulated which confirmed a ball lady tossing two balls to Putintseva, who stared again at her with out transferring because the balls bounced away and alongside the bottom.
The 30-year-old misplaced 6-3 6-4 to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and blamed two missed break factors within the sixth recreation of the second as the reason for her misplaced frustration.
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