Maria Sakkari took umbrage with opponent Diana Shnaider’s vocal celebrations after successful factors on the Australian Open on Wednesday however silenced the teenage qualifier with a finger-wagging rant on the way in which to a comeback 3-6 7-5 6-3 win.
World quantity 106 Shnaider, sporting a black and white polka dot kerchief, made a behavior of roaring in Sakkari’s path and throwing her icy stares, and it received an excessive amount of for the Greek sixth seed at 5-5 within the second set at Margaret Court Arena.
After a wry grin, Sakkari grew severe and walked towards the chair umpire holding up a finger, saying: “If she screams one more time in my face … No, no, no, no.“One more time … She’s coming towards me. One more time and I’m going to speak to the referee.”
Taking cost of the scenario appeared to work for Sakkari, who duly broke the 18-year-old Russian to take the set, then locked down the match to succeed in the third spherical.
“During a match you can be very pumped or, you know, the way that some players celebrate their points, it’s not appropriate,” Sakkari later advised reporters.
“I wasn’t proud of that. But, you already know, she by no means did it
once more. That was very good of her.”
