- Tensions mount at China Open after medical break
- Russian and American confront each other at changeover
Sloane Stephens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were involved in a fiery meeting at the China Open on Sunday.
The American took exception when her opponent called for the trainer as Stephens served for the second set. Stephens believed it was a tactic to put her off her stride, and she was broken when Pavlyuchenkova resumed play. At the changeover, with Stephens leading 5-4, the two approached each other, with the American still unhappy about her opponent’s tactics. “That’s the sport we play. Right? Sportsmanship. That’s really important,” she told the umpire, Jenny Zhang.
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