Yulia Putintseva is serving an apology.
The tennis player said she regrets the way she acted toward a ball girl at the 2024 US Open.
The viral moment occurred during Putintseva's match against jasmine paolini August 31st. As seen in videos shared on social networksA ball girl handed the 29-year-old tennis ball to serve. But after the ball girl tossed a ball to her, Putintseva didn't move and just let it bounce to the side. So, the ball girl tried again. However, the same thing happened. It wasn't until the ball girl's third toss that Putintseva caught the ball and proceeded to play.
The athlete received criticism for her behavior, both from the crowd (who could be heard booing in the videos) and from social media users.
“I feel bad for the ball girl,” said one. user in Xformerly known as Twitter, wrote on September 1: “I can't believe Yulia had this attitude.” Added another“How rude and disrespectful!”