The meeting of the third round of the tournament of dual female to Australian Open He had ended up in the worst possible way. The Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok-7-6 defeat, 6-2 with her partner Hao Chan, of Taipei-fredly strictly squeezed her hand to one of the two winners, the Chinese Shuai Zhang, but she was prevented to do it with the other opponent , the French Kristina Mladenovic.
The charge of mladdovic
At the end of the match of Melbournethe two athletes who spent the turn underwent the interview on the pitch and there Mladenovic did not make discounts: “I started the match with too much phlegm – he said – but I think the opponents woke me up because they showed themselves unsports during my service, making me angry so much. I thought: ‘Ok, the game begins’. I managed to remain very composed with my partner and we fought together to come to head of the game. That was the trigger, then things went better and better. I am satisfied with the victory. Even if I should be that offense. “
Kichenok’s explanations
After the meeting, Kichenok did not explain the reason for his gesture. After two days, however, he posted his version of the facts on Instagram: “I would like to clarify what happened during the third round of the Australian Open against Kristina Mladenovic. I was publicly accused of anti -sports behavior and I would like to explain to myself. I received very direct threats from my opponent during the game after involuntarily hit her with a ball. I apologized several times but the answer I received was: ‘You see to be careful!’. I do not consider it appropriate to dedicate a gesture of respect as it is a handshake at the end of the game to people who use verbal threats. Point”.
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