Hungarian tennis player Amarissa Toth released a statement regarding the incident with the Chinese woman Zhang Shuai during a tournament in Budapest, noting that he regrets what happened.
With the score 5:5 in the first set of the encounter, the Chinese kicked the ball into the line, but the linesman ruled the ball out of bounds. The tower referee came down to the court and confirmed the ball was over the line. The Chinese was outraged by the decision and asked to call the tournament supervisor. After that, Thoth deliberately erased the ball mark, although Zhang Shuai continued to appeal to the referee. Subsequently, the Chinese took a medical break, after which she decided to refuse to continue the fight and could not hold back her tears.
“I never thought that the first main draw success of a WTA tournament in my career would cause such a storm. I’m so sorry for what happened, I respect Zhang Shuai as a player and as a person. I never intended to disrespect, hurt or upset anyone, let alone Zhang Shuai. I understand that I shouldn’t have celebrated my success the way I did, and I regret that. I was captivated. ved by the emotions and the specific moment.
I was focused on tennis, I didn’t want to win like that. I hope that in the future I will have the opportunity to sit down and talk with Zhang Shuai and tell him how bad I feel because our match ended this way,” Tot was quoted by the tournament press service.
In the second round of the tournament, the Hungarian lost to Ukrainian Katerina Beindl on Thursday – 3:6, 1:6.
Source : MatchTV
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