Boris Becker has slammed a player at the US Open for her ‘terrible behaviour’ towards a ball girl.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Yulia Putintseva‘s frustration was evident during her US Open third-round defeat against Jasmine Paolini.
With the Kazakhstan player losing the first-set and going 4-2 down in the second, there was an ugly moment when a ball girl attempted to throw balls towards her before she took serve.
Putintseva stared at the ball girl blankly with her arms down by her side, making no effort to catch the balls and instead just looking at them as they rolled away from her feet.
WHAT PEOPLE THINK
Becker, who won the US Open in 1989, wrote in response to a video of the moment on social media: ‘Who does Putintseva think she is… terrible behaviour towards the ball girl.’
His tweet was in response to one which described it as an ‘ugly moment’ during the match.Â
Piers Morgan also took to social media and hit out at Putintseva’s ‘disgusting arrogance’.Â
He wrote: ‘Disgusting arrogance by @PutintsevaYulia – the ball girl should have thrown the third one in her taunting face.’
Three-time Grand Slam doubles champion Rennae Stubbs posted: ‘The disrespect and obnoxious behaviour here is unbelievable and typical from her.’
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HER APOLOGY
The 29-year-old has since taken to social media to apologise for her actions, which were met with boos from the crowd at Flushing Meadows.
Putintseva, after her straight set defeat wrote: ‘I want to apologise to the ball girl for the way I was, when she was giving me balls.Â
‘Honestly speaking it was not about her. I was really p***ed off at myself for not winning the game from the breakpoint and then got empty with my emotions and deep in my thoughts, that I was not even focusing on what’s going on and who gives me the ball.
‘All the ball kids was [sic] doing amazing as always at the Open.’
