Were we not expecting Putintseva to act like that? You must have not seen her before. I expected nothing better from her. She just didn’t want a bagel and decided to play unfair to avoid it. It’s whatever, as long as Iga wins.
Ostapenko doing pretty much the same but without jumping lefr, right, she jumps on one place & scratching the court with her sneakers. It's also annoying.
This is nothing compared to the intentional screamers who scream even in slice balls. Screams come AFTER they hit so the opponent is distracted. Many top WTA players, including the excellent Sabalenka do it. On men’s tour there are many as well, but not in top 10
Putintseva jumped around on two points total, and got a warning from the umpire. No big deal, and not worth "Cheating" in the title. I'm no fan of Putintseva, but this is blown way up.
why the hate towards Putintseva? saying players aren't allowed to move during the serve is dumb. Federer basically ran up to the net on opponent 2nd serves
I just don't see it as a form of cheating. If players are supposed to get used to fans milling around to their seats after every game, the opponents feet shuffling shouldn't be such a big deal.
This isn't cheating, but could be seen as unsportsmanlike. A lot of people will do something like this to try to turn a match. You might as well go after Federer for his "SABR" with the same argument.
For moving around as a returner, Sampras did something similar at Wimbledon vs Agassi. Didn’t matter bc Agassi was serving great. Someone find the rule book but I think the rule is that you cant make noise while moving.
I think the commentators are wrong. What she is doing isn't illegal. However, if she was purposely stomping her feet or screeching her shoes or tapping/waving her racquet, then those things could be deemed a distraction.
i don't know the rule, but it seems to me a returner should be able to jump around all they want. in the long run, it would only hurt their returning percentage.
Honestly Putintseva wasn’t doing anything different that the men don’t do in their matches! It’s just because it’s Putintseva was playing Swiatek she was complaining! Swiatek has a very slow motion when she serves so I can’t see Putintseva distracting Swiatek when she serves! Swiatek was complaining because she was losing the game against Putintseva & we all know how Swiatek hates to lose!
