They play tennis, but no matter the sport, they are competitive and the WTA athletes proved it against a few CF Montreal players on Saturday.
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The score is anecdotal, but the guys won on penalties, the girls did not let it go.
The WTA squad consisted of Jelena Ostapenko, Belinda Bencic, Daria Kasatkina, Victoria Azarenka and her baby boy, Leo.
This one is so named in honor of Lionel Messi, his mum’s idol who describes herself as a ‘soccer mom’ and who attended Messi’s first game with Inter Miami a few weeks ago. .
Self-confessed ‘soccer mom’ Victoria Azarenka with her son Leo, named after Lionel Messi. Photo Martin Chevalier
Keen
Among the CF Montreal players was Ariel Lassiter, a tennis fanatic.
At the end of the match, the Costa Rican international spent long minutes chatting with Azarenka while Leo tugged on his mother’s shirt to leave.
“I took advantage of the fact that she was there to try to understand the mentality of female tennis players,” he explained.
“For me, she’s one of the greatest players so it was nice to be able to chat with her.
“Among the men, the biggest is definitely Roger Federer, but right now I really like the American Christopher Eubanks.”
good opposition
The CF Montreal players showed off their skills on the ball, but they still faced tough competition.
We even saw one or two check attempts from the tennis players.
“Daria Kasatkina was really good, she played hard,” Lassiter admitted.
Kasatkina has also scored one of the three goals for his team, the other two being the work of Jelena Ostapenko.
2023-08-05 22:46:44
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