Yulia Putintseva has hit again at Maria Sakkari after their feisty change on the Dangerous Homburg Open in Germany went viral.
Sakkari beat Putintseva 7-5 7-6 (8-6) in an in depth encounter earlier than the pair shook arms and exchanged insults.
One of many feedback made by Sakkari to Putintseva which the microphone picked up was “when you shake hands with someone, look them in the eyes” adopted by “nobody likes you”.
In her on court-interview, former world No 3 Sakkari stated: “I don’t think she’s going to invite me for dinner for the rest of our lives, but I don’t care.
“I’ve excellent pals and I will go to dinner with them. Let me go away it right here, and simply say that I’ve respect for her as a participant, however that is it.”
On Monday, Putintseva posted on her Instagram story “by the way – not that I care – I shook her hand as most women do. Clearly not according to the ‘hugging protocol’ some men seem to follow.”
Putintseva additionally reposted a video from Instagram account The Tennis Pulse which confirmed a clip of Sunday’s incident the place Sakkari stated “when you shake hands, look at the other person in the eye”, earlier than switching to the Greek place shaking arms with Emma Raducanu and Martina Trevisan in numerous matches. In each situations, Sakkari’s head was not taking a look at her opponent within the photos.
In the identical video, Putintseva posted a caption of “And the plot thickens…” with a clown emoji.
Final 12 months, Putintseva apologised after a clumsy change with a ball lady throughout her third-round US Open exit.
A video circulated which confirmed a ball lady tossing two balls to Putintseva, who stared again at her with out shifting because the balls bounced away and alongside the bottom.
The 30-year-old misplaced 6-3 6-4 to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and blamed two missed break factors within the sixth sport of the second as the reason for her misplaced frustration.
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