Yulia Putintseva caused a stir at the US Open (Picture: Getty Images)
Andy Murray’s meltdown in Dubai was one of the rudest moments seen from any tennis player in 2024, but he’s certainly not the only culprit.
Tennis players behaving badly is nothing new – but the recent scandal involving Yulia Putintseva and a US Open ball girl has put it back in everyone’s minds.
Metro.co.uk takes a look back at the 10 wildest moments from this year, with Emma Raducanu and Novak Djokovic both on the list…
Yulia Putintseva — US Open
Yulia Putintseva went viral at the US Open for brutally disrespecting a ball girl in her match against Wimbledon runner-up Jasmine Paolini.
The tense incident occurred with Putintseva a set and 4-2 down as the young girl – doing her job correctly – threw balls to Putintseva before she took her serve.
But there were incredibly awkward and uncomfortable scenes, as Putintseva made no attempt to catch or pick them up, instead deciding to glare the girl down with her arms down by her side.
The Russian-born player from Kazakhstan was slammed on social media for her actions, with one fan calling her a ‘nasty person’.
Others said the ball girl ‘should’ve taken the ball and thrown it Putintseva’s face’.
Taylor Fritz — Wimbledon
Taylor Fritz brutally trolled Arthur Rinderknech during their grudge match at Wimbledon this summer.
Fritz and Rinderknech got into a heated back-and-forth at the net after their match on Court 12, with the American 13th-seed winning 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Fritz told Rinderknech to ‘have a nice flight home’ at the All England Club — in a rematch of their incredibly tense and feverish French Open clash last year.
Taylor Fritz: “Have a good flight home” ð¤¯
His opponent Arthur Rinderknech said ahead of their #Wimbledon match that Fritz “won’t cry as much” after their 2023 French Open battle, where Rinderknech felt Fritz “whined a bit”.
No love lost between these two ð¶ï¸ð pic.twitter.com/ryCvI3UNXT
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 5, 2024
Asked what happened after that, Fritz explained in his post-match press conference that the Frenchman pointed out he was still in doubles.
‘I said, ‘Oh, congrats. Good for you’ – then he started acting like, ‘Why are you blah, blah, blah?’ – I’m like, ‘Dude, you know what you said’,’ Fritz said. ‘Don’t disrespect me before the match and then expect me to be all nice after the match.’
Andy Murray — Dubai
“I don’t have a clue what I’m doing!” ð³
Andy Murray is not happy.pic.twitter.com/FFXUv3KpwE
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) February 28, 2024
Andy Murray lost his head during his 6-2 6-4 defeat to fifth-seed Ugo Humbert in the last 16 of the Dubai Tennis Championships in February.
Murray was seen hitting his racket against the umpire’s chair in anger during the match.
The British legend also screamed ‘I don’t have a clue what I’m doing’ at his coaching box and said that he was having ‘awful feelings …read more
Source:: Metro
