SOFIA KENIN CUSSES OUT UMPIRE TWICE AND REFUSES TO PLAY: SUPERVISOR CALLED TO THE COURT MAY 9, 2024

Round of 128 match May 9, 2024 - Sofie Kenin vs. Lucia Bronzetti in Rome Italian Open - Sofia: "F*ck you!" to umpire. A day later she beat Ons Jabeur. It's possible she could play Iga Swiatek soon.

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[tadeuszbroniecki]

Players can refuse to play, officials have the right to disqualify players and hand the match to their opponent.

[spjfrat]

Will they ever ban grunting and screaming?

[us-Bahn]

Annoying noise that player makes every time she hits.

[robertciupak]

As soon as she disrespected the umpire so flagrantly, the match should be called in favor of her opponent..

[haniotis]

You shouldn't be allowed to sit down in the middle of a game like that, especially for this reason. Unreal.

[jaguar]

The moment she swore the penalties should have started. Very poor given the Supervisor must have heard her.

[josemolina]

Since Sofia Kenin came into the WTA Tour, she has a terrible time of controlling her anger and temper, many hidden issues…… so much talent.😵‍💫

[deniesewilliams]

She may have been right about the conditions on court, but unprofessional of her to curse anyone out. Just call for the supervisor or director.

[Paddy-vcfl]

The officials make the calls and the players play. If players start making the calls then you no longer have a game. That applies to all sports, and it an't exactly rocket science.

[dougphamtexas]

Strange ...a lot amateur athletes would love playing in a world class tennis tournament like this even with a little rain or weather problems people never learn where they are in it for

[IvyLau-vfum]

A good player with no character....F word in front of a crowd...wat a shame for tennis.

[stonew]

Poor attitude and low class. She needs to better control her emotions.

[Retired-edlq]

Privileged and spoiled rolled into one

[robrobertson]

She didn't handle it as well as she should have but she was actually correct as the match was postponed a few minutes after she first protested

[margretmorris]

I think she was right about safety, but her mouth got the better of her

[larky]

What possible benefit is there in singing after every shot?

[t-mach]

Rude, disrespectful, no class & not very professional!

[musabkhalaf]

very professional, and a show of real sportspersonship.
wow, how can being disrespectful to officials be justified? even if you were right and wanted to challenge a situation, you need to be polite, given that you are a pro. What would've happened if the umpire cussed back???

[AA-lels]

Is this the little girl that met and was encouraged by tennis star Clijsters?

[tomcooper]

She had a good point....the officials say it's good to play, then 3 minutes later, it's too wet. Dayum, who would've known.