"Fucking bitch tried to hit me"

In the very first round of the China Open Sunday, a new baby beef was hit on the grill. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova asked physio to treat himself on the right shoulder in the second set against Sloane Stephens (2-5). The timing of this request (two interruptions down, with the game placed on the opponent's racket) was strange. Stephens, who was ready to serve the second and move on, felt that she was being chilled.

It worked, briefly: Stephens saw his service broken when the game resumed. She still took the set 6-4, but was upset by the sportsmanship of his opponent. Between the second and third innings, referee Jenny Zhang had to physically separate the two players. "What is disrespectful? You called the physio at 5-2. You have not even been hurt, "Stephens said as he approached his opponent. "Do not be ridiculous."

Fortunately, the ox survived in the third set, resulting in the best possible result: a tense and tense tennis. At 3-0, the women played a fantastic point at the net, all reflexes and residual frustration:

With his penultimate blow, Pavlyuchenkova hit Stephens. While playing the ball directly in the opponent is a legitimate game in tennis, Pavlyuchenkova has made an unusual choice here with a straight overhead to the net and a large plain free space in the advertising camp. Stephens' catch was, however, undeniable: "That fucking bitch tried to hit me!" Stephens won 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4.