Alexander GovorovCorrespondent SportAll materialsA powerful scandal surrounded the match between two Russian tennis players in the qualification of the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in the USA. A fan named Lola waved the Ukrainian flag throughout the game before being asked to remove her national paraphernalia and leave the court. The girl claims that she was threatened by the police. What happened on the court The WTA1000 tournament in Cincinnati is one of the most important of the season and is seen as the final stage of preparation for the US Open tennis championship. The meeting between Anastasia Potapova and Anna Kalinskaya was interrupted several times due to a fan who came to the stands wrapped in the Ukrainian flag. According to well-known journalist Ben Rothenberg, the girl sat quietly and did not show herself in any way. However, in the comments under his post on social networks, user Alex Yingling, who was nearby at that moment, says somewhat different things. He stated that every time the Russians changed sides, Lola waved the flag of Ukraine almost in Potapova's face. Anyway, the referee of the match approached the fan and told her that it was not very good and polite to sit and wave the flag. To which Lola replied with a phrase about invading foreign territory, clearly provoking a conflict, transferring it from the sports category to the political one. A security officer had to intervene in the matter, who asked the fan to leave the stands, roll up the flag and put it in the car. Only after that the girl was allowed to return to the court.
