Yulia Putintseva Apologizes for Attitude Toward Ball Girl at US Open

Tennis participant Yulia Putintseva issued an apology after her perspective towards a ball woman on the US Open sparked controversy this weekend.

“I wish to apologize to the ball woman for the way in which I used to be when she was giving me balls,” the Kazakhstani athlete, 29, wrote by way of Instagram Story on Saturday, August 31. “Actually talking it was not about her. I used to be actually pissed at myself by not profitable the sport from the break level after which acquired empty with my feelings and deep in my ideas, that I used to be not even specializing in what’s occurring and who provides me the ball … All of the ball youngsters [were] doing superb as all the time on the Open.”

Putintseva made headlines earlier on Saturday throughout her match towards Jasmine Paolini of Italy. At one level, Putintseva motioned for a ball woman to throw her new balls, however she then let two balls bounce off her physique earlier than catching a 3rd. The ball woman appeared confused by Putintseva’s response and stood immobile along with her fingers within the air earlier than operating again to the sidelines.

The group, in the meantime, booed Putintseva as she lastly picked up the third ball and geared as much as resume play.

Putintseva, who was born in Russia, in the end misplaced the match to Paolini, 28, in straight units and is now out of the match. Paolini will subsequent face Karolina Muchova within the spherical of 16 on Monday, September 2.

Former world No. 1 tennis participant Boris Becker slammed Putintseva for her conduct after the match. “Who does Putintseva assume she is … Horrible conduct in the direction of the ball woman !!!” he wrote by way of X on Sunday, September 1. (Becker, 56, received the US Open in 1989.)

Associated: The Most Trendy Stars on the 2024 US Open: Kerry Washington, Extra

From sporty stylish outfits to timeless ensembles, stars stepped out in type whereas watching the US Open Tennis Championships. The tennis match, which execs together with Coco Gauff, Frances Tiafoe and extra are enjoying in, is the proper alternative for celebs together with Zoey Deutch, Ciara Miller and extra to point out off their private type. Throughout Day […]

Rennae Stubbs, an Australian former tennis participant who’s now a coach, additionally referred to as out Putintseva by way of social media. “The disrespect and obnoxious conduct right here is unbelievable and typical from her,” she tweeted on Sunday.

Feliciano López, a Spanish former tennis professional who’s the director of the Madrid Open, felt that Putintseva had humiliated the ball woman. “Disgrace on her!!!,” he tweeted. “Humiliation of a ball child is the very last thing you do on a tennis courtroom.”

Piers Morgan jumped into the fray as properly, sharing a video of the incident by way of X on Sunday with the caption, “Disgusting vanity by @PutintsevaYulia – the ball
woman ought to have thrown the third one in her taunting face.”

The US Open continues by way of Sunday, September 8.