Will the International Tennis Federation finally act to permanently ban racquet throwing or harshly punish angry ball strikes on the courts? After Andrey Rublev’s bloodshed on Tuesday which could have injured a member of the organization, it is the turn of the Romanian Irina Begu to make people talk about her after losing her nerves.
The Bulgarian was trailing 0-2 in the third set against Alexandrova when, in spite, she threw her racquet on her chair. A very bad idea because, even if the throw was not very violent, it rebounded before going to finish its course in the public and hitting a young boy sitting in the first rows. The toddler even burst into tears, provoking the intervention of the referee.
But Begu escaped correctional and only received a warning for this gesture of humor which did not distract her since she managed to turn the tide to finally win (6-7, 6 -3, 6-4). And to close this incident, the 63rd player in the world posed with the unfortunate child who will remember his time on the courts.
