Great tension on the court during the very tough confrontation between Venus Williams and Camila Giorgi, at the WTA 250 in Birmingham, for a curious episode that certainly did not go unnoticed. During a long exchange of the first set, the US legend slipped and fell quite hard on the lawn.
The Italian player got the point and then exulted with a scream to charge, even though she realized that her opponent had ended up on the ground. A bad unsportsmanlike gesture by the Italian, almost incomprehensible, which has been criticized and not a little on social networks by fans.
Here is the video released on the web of what happened.
Not even the 43-year-old liked the action from the Italian
Once up, the American in fact launched a glare of pure anger from the other side of the net at the opponent’s address.
The curious episode perhaps gave further energy to Venus, who finally managed to take the match home after a very tight tie-break in the third set. At the end of the match, the two went to the net and shook hands sportily.
However, the American wanted to sting Camila Giorgi in the interview on the court with a particular statement, laughing about it. She said: “I’m surprised she’s not number one in the world. I thought the match could end at any moment with one of her winners.
She pushed me to be better than I thought I could be, I haven’t felt like this in a long time and I’ve missed her dearly. It’s nice to have won the game in the end. When I saw that I was serving at that speed again, I couldn’t believe it.” Venus, despite a difficult physical condition, with her right leg with a showy bandage, withstood the very tough exchanges with the Italian and was able to get the better of the decisive tie-break of the third set.
A historic success for the 43-year-old, who will now try not to stop to win a place in the quarterfinals of the tournament on English grass.
