It will be another game Wimbledon 2024 under normal circumstances, but it has a past that invites you to take a closer look. Second round of Court 12, the tournament in general and the WTA in particular will be attentive to ensure that the mess of the 2021 edition is not repeated, when there are strong accusations shouted and on the court between two players who once again coincided with a this Grand Slam match on grass.
It is true that the ultimate antecedent of Australian Open 2024 It invites optimism, as they shake hands with the benevolent network. But Latvian is the same Jelena Ostapenko like australian Ajlana Tomljanovic They are strong-willed, and the encounter can be complicated.
The match between the two will be unforgettable in 2021. It all started when Ostapenko sought medical help, which Tomlajnovic interpreted as a trick to stop the game in the third set when the score was against her (0-4).
“You know he’s lying, right? Everyone knows,” said the Australian in the umpire’s chair. There was an angry reaction from Ostapenko: “If you think I’m faking it, ask the physio,” she said. Tomljanovic frowned: “I hope you feel good.”
Ostapenko explodes: Your behavior is appalling. You have no respect. “Look who’s talking,” Tomljanovic said. “Bad, so bad,” the Latvian woman became even more angry.
Off the court she continued the fight from a distance, through statements: “I don’t think she was injured. Nothing was wrong with her and then at 4-0 she asked for physio. It’s a disgrace of behavior because she is a Grand The slam champion and the kids consider her an example if she was injured, she could have handled it differently,” Tomljanovic said of the surprising women’s champion. Roland Garros 2017.
Ostapenko It means “he can’t say anything about my injury, because he doesn’t know anything. It’s very disrespectful, because any tennis player can get injured. He can’t say anything unless it’s my physio or the doctor. You can’t call me a liar in in front of everything.” the world. She is the worst-behaved tennis player on the entire circuit. Just because you are winning does not give you the right to do whatever you want.
He won that fight Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2, although they later lost Eastbourne 2022 and Australian Open 2024. In Melbourne they made a peace that not everyone considered permanent.
Ostapenko, world No. 14, and Tomljanovic, No. 136 after the injury, met again at Wimbledon. Alert launched, just in case.
Source: La Verdad
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