The fourth confrontation between Maria Sakkari and Yulia Putinteva has shot vinegar …
Disdanche, Mary Sakkari posted Yaulia Pulignersu in the frizzy WTA tournament
500 from Bad Homburg, in Germany. A meeting won in two sets (7/5, 7/6) by the Greek player after 2h30 of play.
At the time of the handshake, the two women had a strong altercation when the loser of the match did not deign to look at the old world number 3 in the eyes. The latter having remarked to him, the Kazakhe replied with a kind of reverence.
This ironic gesture literally made Maria Sakkari flip. “Go get fucked up, nobody loves you”She notably launched in Yulia Putinteva. At a press conference, the native of Athens returned to this incident. “I don’t think she will invite me to dinner in our life, but honestly, I don’t care, She reacted. I have very good friends and I will dine with them. I’m going to stop there and say that I respect her as a player, but that’s it. »»
Putinseva, his tackle to tennisians
It was in a story on Instagram that Yulia Putinseva chose to justify herself. “I shook her hand like most women do, she wrote. Clearly not according to the ‘cuddling protocol’ that some men seem to follow. »»
Benefiting from an invitation for this tournament, Maria Sakkari is therefore qualified for the round of 16. Tuesday, she will face the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
