Tennis player Amarissa Toth has apologized to her opponent Zhang Shuai after their match at the Hungarian Grand Prix ended in controversy
Toth has been heavily criticized by fans and the tennis community after the incident, where she rubbed away a mark on the court following a contentious point. The Hungarian later celebrated as a tearful Zhang retired from the match. “I’m extremely sorry for what happened,” Toth said in a video posted by the Hungarian Grand Prix’s Instagram page Thursday. “I respect Zhang Shuai as a person and just as much as an athlete.
” A tearful Zhang later opted to retire from the match, where she was trailing 6-5, prompting Toth to celebrate. A number of tennis players have decried Toth’s actions, with Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović criticizing the incident as “absolutely disgusting behaviour” and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka tweeting that Toth’s actions were “another level of unsportsmanlike conduct … Just wow.
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