Latvian tennis player Alona Ostapenko has received criticism from Tokyo Olympic champion Anastasia Pavluchenko.
During his career, Ostapenko has played in a duet with Pavluchenko in doubles.
The Russian tennis player, who currently ranks 11th in the singles rankings and 105th in the doubles rankings, recalled a case from a match in Birmingham, England.
“A couple of years ago there was one moment with Ostapenko’s participation in Birmingham. She behaved nicely. Each time I got a point, she kept shouting out loud, “Shara! How does she do it all? ” Ostapenko quotes Pavluchenko.
“I didn’t shake her hand and told her everything after playing online,” Pavluchenko said in an interview with YouTube’s Sports Interview.
Pavluchenko, a 30-year-old, was unable to name one particular tennis player who played the biggest role in women’s tennis, but remembered the incident with American Sloan Stevens.
“I had a conflict with him in Beijing. She had just won the US Open and we played in the central court in the evening session match. I won the first set, she was 5-2 in the second set, but I needed a medical break because my shoulder ached. Stevens began to express his dissatisfaction loudly, believing that I was not injured, “said the Russian tennis player.
Pavluchenko triumphed in the mixed doubles tournament at the Tokyo Olympics this year. During her career, she has won 12 singles and 5 doubles tournaments.
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