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‘I feel she’s a bit indignant’: Followers react as Yulia Putintseva SMASHES racket throughout shock French Open collapse (VIDEO)
Tennis star Yulia Putintseva took out her French Open frustrations on her racket on Wednesday after she crashed out at Roland Garros after struggling a third-set collapse in her match with unseeded Argentine Nadia Podoroska.
No. 23 seed Putintseva was defeated by two units to 1 (6-Three, 1-6, 6-2) early on Wednesday by the unheralded Podoroska, eliminating her from the match by which she has twice been a quarter-finalist, and it was clear that she was sad together with her efficiency.
At one significantly contentious second within the match, Putintseva might now not restrain her feelings as she furiously slammed her racket six occasions into the clay court docket in entrance of a shocked, socially-distant viewers, leaving her racket a mangled mess earlier than flinging it in direction of the sideline.
I feel Putintseva is a bit indignant pic.twitter.com/FjBacQsuX7
— LorenaPopa 🕵️♀️🎾 (@popalorena) September 30, 2020
Putintseva had been thought-about one thing of a darkish horse heading into the match and was thought-about a candidate to repeat or enhance on her 2018 quarter-final look. Now she should watch the rest of the competitors on tv.
The Kazakh participant, who’s of Russian descent, began slowly and dropped the primary set to Podoroska by a rating of 6-Three however rallied within the second to rout her opponent 6-1.
With many observers considering that the third set could be one thing of a formality for the skilled Putinsteva, she as a substitute ceded momentum to her opponent and will solely handle to win two video games within the closing stanza, a below-par tally clearly prompted her on-court outburst of emotion.
lol Jason Goodall loved Putintseva's racket smashing pic.twitter.com/dt7IwRGDhw
— Del🇪🇺 (@Stroppa_Del) September 30, 2020
23 year-old Nadia Podoroska reaches the Roland Garros R3 in her first slam major draw with a win over US Open QFist Yulia Putintseva.
Podoroska is now 40-6 (87%) this yr and has risen from exterior of the highest 300 to 131 prior to now 12 months. Good to see an Argentine lady right here.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) September 30, 2020
Podoroska’s victory is the most recent in what has been an incredible yr for her profession to date. She is now 40-6 in her matches this yr for an 87% profitable proportion and has risen to the 130 mark on this planet rankings regardless of languishing exterior the highest 300 12 months in the past.
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And her potential route all through the remainder of the match could also be made considerably simpler after it was revealed on Wednesday afternoon that Serena Williams, three-time winner of the French Open, has been compelled to withdraw from the competitors citing an Achilles damage.
Podoroska will now face Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova within the third spherical on Friday.
