Elsa Jacquemot: On-Court Dispute at Australian Open

The French television series “Scènes deménage” has temporarily moved to Melbourne. This Wednesday, player Elsa Jacquemot and her coach Simon Blanc combed their buns in front of the entire tennis world during the Habs’ 2nd round at the Australian Open.

The 60th player in the world was inflicted a real spanking by Yulia Putintseva (6-1 6-2), while her Kazakh opponent is ranked 34 ranks behind her at the WTA. Something to be sad about.

Quickly, the young 22-year-old Lyonnaise left her meeting. Trailing 5-0 after only 25 minutes of play, she then began to curse out loud, accusing her coach, Putintseva’s ex-coach, of being responsible for the turn of events. “He trained her for years and there are patterns that he didn’t even tell me about, it’s still a crazy scenario!”

Simon Blanc, who did not at all appreciate his player’s remark, grabbed his bag and left the stands of court 5, after hearing the reproaches of the right-hander born in 2003. Before leaving the perimeter of the stadium, the coach even called out to Elsa Jacquemot by pointing his finger in her direction.

Obviously questioned about this public spat in the post-match press conference, the Frenchwoman tried to kick in. “From the first game, there were things that disturbed me,” she summarily commented. I don’t necessarily want to talk about it. It’s a defeat that will be hard to digest. I need to work on external things that can disturb me.”

In the immediate future, the Lyonnaise and her coach will have to put things straight and try to reconcile. One thing is certain: once again, French tennis does not emerge stronger from a Grand Slam tournament.