The Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 28 years old and number 75 in the WTA ranking, defeated this Saturday 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2 to the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, of 24 and 34 racket of the planet, and reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon. However, the discussion between the two took all the flashes of the meeting and of the day.
In the third set, when the one born in Zagreb, Croatia, was preparing to serve with the score 4-0 in her favor, The 2017 Roland Garros champion accused a discomfort in her abdomen, which made it impossible for her to serve normally and was not believed by her rival, who argued that she was trying to cool down the game after losing seven games in a row., and asked for medical assistance that lasted for 11 minutes.
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The Latvian rebuked the Australian in the greeting on the net because she understood that her rival did not believe in her injury when she lost 4-0 in the third set. The final result was in favor of the oceanic 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2.
“Your behavior is terrible, terrible. You have zero respect,” Ostapenko said on the network in the final greeting. For his part, Tomljanovic was not far behind and replied: “Do you just talk? Honestly, do you just talk?”
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