Iga ¦wiątek (1st WTA) lost to Jelena Rybakina (25th WTA) 4:6, 4:6. Foreign experts said that the Polish woman was knocked out. It seems that the biggest problem of the Rasinian was the predictable serve. The meeting definitely did not go her way, and problems appeared even before it started, when Świątek was finishing her warm-up.
Iga Świątek punished before the meeting with Jelena Rybkina. “It’s very loud on the court before the game starts”
After a few minutes of the warm-up, referee Juan Zhang announced the end of the warm-up, and the time on the clock showing how many minutes left to the end of the warm-up was already “0”. It was a sign that both tennis players were to leave the court, which Yelena Rybakina did. However, Iga Świątek did not react to this order and asked for one more ball because she wanted to serve. It’s the beginning of the match,” Zhang pointed out to her. – Yes, I know – answered the Polish woman. After a while, the judge decided to punish the leader of the world ranking.
Świątek was warned for “violating the start-of-meeting rule”. The tennis player from Raszyn tried to explain that she had not heard the command, but the referee was not convinced by these explanations. “I’ve told you many times, and you’re still at the bench,” Zhang said.
Our tennis player referred to this situation at the post-match press conference. “It was strange because the referee was talking to me and I didn’t hear it and I didn’t understand it. It’s very loud on the court before the game starts.
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