MOSCOW, July 6, Andrey Vasilchin. Despite the stereotypical characterization of tennis as the «sport of aristocrats», often on the courts we see not at all aristocratic demeanor. Which is probably not bad at all. Moments like these provide a new perspective on tennis, which has really changed in recent years. Now the media coverage of athletes is growing thanks not only to victories/records, but also to sports news. For example, a few days ago, Elena Ostapenko amazed the audience at the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The well-known representative of Latvia, after a resounding defeat from Tatyana Maria from Germany, was so upset that she threw a bottle that knocked over a chair. The athlete was fined three days later (Elena became poorer by 10 thousand dollars). was better. Of course, emotions surged. I'm human, that's ok. But I will not say: "It's all right". This not normal. I'm emotional and I hate to lose. So it's not surprising. Of course, maybe you shouldn't have done that. But it is easy to argue and condemn from the outside. It was my match, I was the favorite. It's one thing to lose to an amazing tennis player who had a great match. But I lost myself: I was wrong, and she collected my mistakes", — sports.yahoo.com quotes the girl.
By the way, before the Ostapenko case, the Wimbledon organizers had to impose sanctions on other tennis players. So, the Australian Nick Kiryos was fined for the same 10 thousand dollars, who spat in the direction of the fan. Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, in turn, missed four thousand because of a verbal skirmish in a match with the already mentioned Kyrgios.