{"id":122439,"date":"2024-09-02T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/yulia-putintseva-apologizes-for-attitude-toward-ball-girl-at-us-open\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T15:11:12","slug":"yulia-putintseva-apologizes-for-attitude-toward-ball-girl-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/yulia-putintseva-apologizes-for-attitude-toward-ball-girl-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Yulia Putintseva Apologizes for Attitude Toward Ball Girl at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tennis player Yulia Putintseva<\/strong> issued an apology after her attitude toward a ball girl at the US Open sparked controversy this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize to the ball girl for the way I was when she was giving me balls,\u201d the Kazakhstani athlete, 29, wrote via Instagram Story on Saturday, August 31. \u201cHonestly speaking it was not about her. I was really pissed at myself by not winning the game from the break point and then got empty with my emotions and deep in my thoughts, that I was not even focusing on what\u2019s going on and who gives me the ball \u2026 All the ball kids [were] doing amazing as always at the Open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putintseva made headlines earlier on Saturday during her match against Jasmine Paolini<\/strong> of Italy. At one point, Putintseva motioned for a ball girl to throw her new balls, but she then let two balls bounce off her body before catching a third. The ball girl seemed confused by Putintseva\u2019s reaction and stood motionless with her hands in the air before running back to the sidelines.<\/p>\n

The crowd, meanwhile, booed Putintseva as she finally picked up the third ball and geared up to resume play.<\/p>\n

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Putintseva, who was born in Russia, ultimately lost the match to Paolini, 28, in straight sets and is now out of the tournament. Paolini will next face Karolina Muchova<\/strong> in the round of 16 on Monday, September 2.<\/p>\n

Former world No. 1 tennis player Boris Becker<\/strong> slammed Putintseva for her behavior after the match. \u201cWho does Putintseva think she is \u2026 Terrible behavior towards the ball girl !!!\u201d he wrote via X on Sunday, September 1. (Becker, 56, won the US Open in 1989.)<\/p>\n

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Rennae Stubbs<\/strong>, an Australian former tennis player who is now a coach, also called out Putintseva via social media. \u201cThe disrespect and obnoxious behavior here is unbelievable and typical from her,\u201d she tweeted on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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