Czechia’s Karolina Muchova is going through criticism from the tennis neighborhood for taking an prolonged pause throughout her straight-sets quarterfinals win over Sorana Cirstea on Wednesday on the U.S. Open.
Muchova, who’s ranked No. 10 on the planet, left the courtroom after her first-set victory versus Cirstea, 6-0, because the temperature in Flushing Meadows inched nearer to the low 90s, the NY Post experiences.
A tense alternate then unfolded between Cirstea and the chair umpire, with the Romanian athlete able to proceed taking part in.
“I am the one waiting for her to serve,” the 33-year-old Cirstea mentioned.
“I don’t understand what you want from me.”
Former Australian tennis professional Jelena Dokic additionally weighed in on Muchova’s curious motion, which apparently was an outfit change.
“She went for a change of shirt and usually you don’t do that when you’ve got the momentum,” Dokic commentated for Australia’s Channel 9.
“Not only the momentum but she won 6-0.”
Dokic, now 40, reached the fourth spherical of the U.S. Open throughout her taking part in profession in 2000 and 2001 earlier than retiring in 2014.
As for Muchova, who was knocked out of the primary spherical of final 12 months’s U.S. Open by Aryna Sabalenka, she’s gearing up for a semi-finals showdown towards American teen Coco Gauff on Thursday.
“I remember last year I was really struggling with injury,” Muchova mentioned.
“I lost here first round and I couldn’t continue, so yeah, just really glad to be competing.”
The 27-year-old Muchova reached the finals of the French Open earlier this 12 months and misplaced to world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in three units.
Muchova confronted Gauff final month within the last of the Cincinnati Open, with the 19-year-old American taking down her opponent, 6-3, 6-4.
Aussie tennis nice Todd Woodbridge fumed over the difficulty on Monday when Daniil Medvedev took a 20-minute break after he misplaced the primary set to Alex de Minaur.
“Why do you need to leave the court for that long?” Woodbridge advised Channel 9.
“It’s not a toilet break, is he changing his full kit? Shouldn’t that be at a certain time? I tell you, I think our sport really has to do something about these changeovers.
“It’s just such a crutch that everyone seems to go to when they’re down, and it’s just not part of the game.
“It shouldn’t be there, I implore our rules officials to get in and stop all this stuff going on, because it’s just momentum changes in matches that we shouldn’t have.
“Let’s keep the game moving. It’s not great for us as broadcasters, and I think it’s really gamesmanship and it needs to be taken out.
“It’s such an annoying part of our game. You’re not supposed to be doing this. And the umpire is letting him get away with it”.
– This article first appeared on NY Post and was republished with permission.
Source: www.news.com.au
