Self-described “obnoxious soccer mom” Victoria Azarenka was ordered to take off her Paris Saint Germain shirt on the Australian Open on Thursday, dropping in straight units to Elena Rybakina within the semifinals earlier than being knocked out of the Grand Slam.
Love how Victoria Azarenka would not disguise her love for PSG.
She is anticipated to go all the best way to the Australian Open this 12 months pic.twitter.com/jrQyA9hKnC
— Jon Assistant (@JonAssistant) January 24, 2023
The 33-year-old Belarusian two-time champion wore the shirt on the event in a present of assist for French soccer champions PSG and as a gesture to his six-year-old son Leo, who can also be an enormous fan of the Paris membership.
After an trade of phrases with the chair umpire at Rod Laver Arena, Azarenka took off her PSG shirt earlier than warming up in her common equipment towards Rybkina.
“They asked me to take it off twice because I had a different shirt on,” the twenty second seed instructed reporters after her 7-6(4) 6-3 loss to Kazakh Rybakina.
“I feel it is the difficulty with the sponsorship. I feel the logos are too large… I do know I’m not allowed to play in it. I knew issues like that.
WCW: Victoria Azarenka wears PSG jersey for her son, who desires of enjoying the function of the French legend.
“I’m a soccer mom now and I love that.”#ladiesinsports #AO23 #PSG pic.twitter.com/gLFHcGoD4E
— Women in Sports (@LISinternational) January 25, 2023
“But I can nonetheless step on the court docket to do what I would like on the court docket. I do it for my causes.
“My son wore a white jersey for his observe immediately, and I attempted to put on a white jersey for my match however could not. So okay.
It was the lesser of two disappointments for the Belarusian on Thursday as Azarenka’s bid for a 3rd title at Melbourne Park ended with some remorse over her missed probability towards twenty second seed Rybakina.
The 2012 and 2013 champion broke within the first set and transformed solely three of eight break factors within the match.
Leading 0-40 to 5-5 on Rybakina’s serve within the first set, Azarenka was unable to make the Kazakh pay and there was no wanting again as her unforced errors mounted and her opponent grew in confidence.
Azarenka stated, “I’m proud of myself for how I fought and I tried, but it wasn’t like – tennis-wise I felt like (I) wasn’t there, especially in key moments when I wanted to create those opportunities.” stored doing.”
“Not feeling too good to digest proper now.
“But give me a few hours and I can have a better view of what I’ve had this month in Australia. I look forward to the rest of the year to see what I can do.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
