Hungarian tennis player Amarissa Toth, who made a Chinese woman cry with her act during a tournament in Budapest Zhang Shuai became the subject of criticism from other players.
The incident happened on Tuesday. With the score at 5:5 in the first set, Zhang Shuai (2nd seed) kicked the ball into the line, but the linesman recorded a strikeout. The tower referee came down to the court and confirmed the ball was over the line. The Chinese woman asked to call the tournament supervisor, but before he came, he deliberately erased the mark of the ball. After that, the Chinese tennis player could not hold back her tears and decided to refuse to continue the fight.
“Absolutely disgusting behavior. Zhang Shuai is better than many of us because she shook hands with the referee and that girl. But again we are talking about Zhang Shuai,” Australian tennis player Ayla Tomljanovic wrote on social media.
“No respect for this Thoth. Zero! I’m so angry. I’m really sorry for Zhang Shuai. She ‘won’ this point and ‘won’ this match, but her reputation is destroyed, – said another Australian Daria Saville , who previously played for Russia.
Zhang Shuai herself also released a statement after the incident.
– All efforts in training were in vain, because you hit closer to the line, the ball even touched it, but it still went out. The guys who support me and stand by my side, love you,” a 34-year-old Chinese woman wrote on her Twitter page.
Source : MatchTV
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