Tennis stars Maria Sakkari, Yulia Putintseva have heated moment after match

Skilled tennis gamers Maria Sakkari and Yulia Putintseva have been seen in a heated collision after their sport on the Dangerous Homberg Open on Sunday.

Sakkari defeated Putintseva 7-5, 7-6 (6) to proceed to the following spherical of the tennis match. When the 2 rivals got here to the web, Putintseva hit the hand of Sakkari and didn’t achieve making eye contact whereas strolling to the referee.

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March 22, 2025; Miami, FL: Maria Sakkari (GRE) responds after profitable a degree towards Coco Gauff (US) (not proven) on day 5 of the Miami Open in Onerous Rock Stadium. (Geoff Burke-Imagement Photographs)

Sakkari began to joke in Putintseva and Putintseva responded with a Curtsy. Sakkari did not appear to love what Putintseva then mentioned and stepped to her facet to deal with the remark.

“No person likes you,” Sakkari was heard inform Putintseva on the printed.

Sakkari addressed the incident in her interview after the sport after Putintseva walked to the dressing room.

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Yulia from Kazakhstan Putintseva in motion throughout her spherical of 32 match towards the Britain’s Heather Watson in Nice Britain. (Motion pictures by way of Reuters/Andrew Coustridge)

“I do not assume she’s going to ask me for dinner for the remainder of our lives, however I do not care to be sincere,” she mentioned,, Via Tennis.com. “I’ve excellent mates, and I’ll eat with them. Let me go away it right here, and simply say that I’ve respect for her as a participant, however that is it.”

Sakkari went to the spherical of 16 and look forward to her subsequent opponent. The Greek star may have Wimbledon on her head whereas competing on this match. She has two profession units titles in her profession and made it to Wimbledon’s third spherical 4 occasions, together with 2024.

Greece’s Maria Sakkari in motion throughout her spherical of 64 match towards Poland Magda Linette in France. (Reuters/Aleksandra Szmigiel)

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Putintseva, from Kazakhstan, has three singles titles in her profession. She reached Wimbledon’s fourth spherical final yr.

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