Female audience member teases Tsitsipas by making bee noises! at the Cincinnati Masters 1000

The Greek tennis player, who had a curious back-and-forth with the umpire, won the match against American Ben Shelton 7-6 (3) and 7-6 (2) to reach the round of 16 of the tournament.

what happened to Stefanos Tsitsipas in front of Ben Shelton at Cincinnati Masters 1000 it is unprecedented. A female spectator disturbs the Greek tennis player during his serves by making a bee noise!

Unbelievable but true. And worst of all, another fan, who was sitting in the second row, made the woman go ahead in front of the eyes of Tsitsipás, who ended up winning the match against the American 7-6 (3) and 7-6 (2) to reach the round of 16 of the tournament.

“There is a person behind me imitating a bee, it is a buzz as soon as I am about to serve“, said the Athenian to the umpire after getting fed up scare the supposed insect with his racket and interrupt the fight.

When he returned to his place to continue playing, Tsitsipás He approached the stand again and the woman in question seemed to apologize to him for what he had done.

“Do you think it’s okay? This has never happened to me in my entire career, I understand that they support the rival but they imitate a bee with noise. That girl over there, I want her out“The tennis player told the umpire, that he was convinced of:”Go ahead, I’ll ask him to stop“.

now, Tsitsipás5th in the world ranking, will face the Pole this Thursday Hubert Hurkacz (20°).

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Expectations are high for the rivalry between Alexander Davidovich and Novak Djokovicbut the back pain forced abandonment after 42 minutes of the match from Malaga, who withdrew at the beginning of the second set after losing the first 6-4.

Davidovich will need to recover as soon as possible to get as good as possible at the US Open, which starts in New York on August 28.

Number 23 in the world -his best ranking so far-, the Spaniard has gone through a great moment of form since last week he was a semifinalist in Toronto.

For his part, Djokovicnumber 2 in the world, He has not competed on American soil since losing the 2021 US Open final to Russian Daniil Medvedev.

Serbian can’t play the last US Open and missed the last three North American Masters 1,000 tours (spring 2022 and 2023 and summer 2022) for his refusal to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Djokovicwhich did not particularly suit his tennis during the stretch where Davidovich was physically well, will meet in the round of 16 of cincinnati to a veteran of his generation like the French Gael Monfilswho gave a surprise by defeating the Australian of Spanish origin Álex Miñaur (12).

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