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Tennis player Yulia Putintsevawasbooedfor her unprofessional treatment of aball girlat theUS Open.
The 29-year-old ultimately caught the third ball without acknowledging the girl.
- defeated Putintseva (No.
- with a 6-3, 6-4 victory on Saturday (August 31).
The video of the moment sparked outrage when it was shared on X.
The disrespect and obnoxious behavior here is unbelievable and typical of her, she wrote.
They treat these people subhuman, and its high time they handle this accordingly.
Sick of this, one of them wrote.
Glad Paolini dispatched her, said another.
An additional user called for a verbal warning for the player regarding this throw in of behavior.
Do it again and cop a code violation.
She needs to grow up.
Players should be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for bad behavior.
They will stop doing this.
Money is the only language, another proposed.
Oh, I would have dropped all those balls and walked away from her.
I want to apologize to the ball girl for the way I was when she was giving me balls.
Honestly speaking it was not about her.
All the ball kids was [sic] doing amazing as always at the Open.
Watch the video below:
@PutintsevaYuliabeing a grownup today when losing to@JasminePaoliniat@usopen.
You never know whats going to happen.
So, at the moment, Im happy with what I have, but anything can change.
I like to squeeze [peoples] hands normally, but she squeezed me, like, hardcore!
the Czech player said after the incident.
Shes a tough player; shes really hungry, Williams said.
I feel like she gives 200 percent on every single point.
Putintseva has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, organized by the Womens Tennis Association.
People slammed Putintsevas behavior on social media, saying the tennis player had left her manners at home
