(VIDEO) Aryna Sabalenka fumes as Rebeka Masarova Berlin match stopped due to slippery court complaints
WTAThursday, 19 June 2025 at 17:15
Aryna Sabalenka wasn't best pleased as her match with Rebeka Masarova was suspended and halted due to bad light and slippery court conditions on Wednesday at the Berlin Ladies Open.
Sabalenka perhaps had every right to feel aggrieved, she won the opening set 6-2 before the umpire suspended play. Masarova wanted to stop and she got her wish.
Sabalenka vented her frustration. "You are stopping the match because she says that side is slippery? I just played two games on that side."
The match was stopped and rain then curtailed it as the World No.1 has to return tomorrow. Albeit it perhaps wasn't helped by the previous match taking over three hours to complete as Liudmila Samsonova took down Jessica Pegula.
Sabalenka has never won a WTA title on grass and hasn't played Wimbledon two out of the last three years. But in reality her power game should be a match made in heaven for the surface.
Albeit the weather certainly wasn't today in Berlin, that's for sure.
Sabalenka and Masarova’s match in Berlin is stopped due to the court getting slippery.
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 18, 2025
Rebeka wanted to stop play.
Aryna wanted to continue:
“You’re stopping the match because she said that side is slippery? I just played 2 games on that side”
pic.twitter.com/kUWf1WoML7
claps 0visitors 0
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Maybe she's receiving hints that it's time to take a break if Gauff and suspended matches are too much for her.
mandoist19-06-2025 - Americans should be banned from competitive tennis. They are generally taller and have longer forearms. And of course, being a Wimbledon champion is wholly reliant on these two factors alone. Mental and physical preparation, training, mindset, level of fitness, tactics, competitor analysis etc. clearly have nothing to do with the match outcome. My position is borne out by the facts - of Wimbledon open women’s single champions, 29 have been American, whereas the whole of the rest of the world has only managed 27. This imbalance needs to be urgently addressed 🤣Paul10118-06-2025
- The general pattern has been Loser Bettors attacking people better than themselves through (anti)Social Media. The majority of threats and disgusting comments come from those who lose their lunch money, allowances, and rent money in online bets.mandoist17-06-2025
- Just realize the problem, then address the problem. Don't bullshit everyone (actually only yourself) for over a week and finally admit a simple mistake or misjudgement. It's never a good idea to try to justify shaky comments instead of owning them. Quicker one makes an admission of somewhat poor judgement, the sooner it goes away.mandoist17-06-2025
- Would be great of we get a 3rd player from that level
AceOfBase16-06-2025 - Really, Emma? Another excuse??? Geez...mandoist14-06-2025
- BBC sports coverage blows anyway. Two most obvious reasons = They can't seem to shut their mouths often enough -- and they will bounce from one event to another at will. Not to mention show 90% of a sporting event and cut it short to go to regularly schedule programs! In short, BBC sucks.mandoist14-06-2025
- Jimmy, how much more pause are you talking about? By the time the match ends to the time they stage is erected and they mount it to accept the award is about 10 minutes. All players are not at the same maturity level. Culture and one's upbringing has a LOT to do with how players each respond to a loss. Some players just need to learn how to exercise self-control. It isn't everything that you want to say that you should say.Rapunzel11-06-2025
- Well the BBC have a whole lot of egg on their faces 😡bjsexton09-06-2025
- Although Djokovic could not win a single set, he played his best tennis in nearly two years against Sinner.GustafC07-06-2025
