Tennis
VIDEO. Sventek’s press conference was interrupted by a question about Sobolenko
June 3, the world’s first racket Iga Sventek He held a press conference after defeating Xin Yu Wang (6:0, 6:0) in the third round of the French Open 2023.
During an open communication with the media, Polish journalist Dominik Sienkowski asked Iga a question in Polish about Arina Sobolenko.
As a result, the organizers of the press conference interrupted the meeting.
Sienkowski later received a comment from the WTA regarding this incident:
“We apologize for the misunderstanding, but we didn’t know enough about Polish and the press conference ended because we didn’t have time.”
Earlier, Sobolenko held a closed press conference, arguing that he was worried about his psychological health.
VIDEO. Sventek’s press conference was interrupted by a question about Sobolenko
Iga Świątek’s conference was interrupted today after a question about Aryna Sabalenka. I received a comment from WTA: “We apologize for the misunderstanding, but Polish was not understood and we ended the press conference because we did not have time.”
— Dominik Senkowski (@dsenkowski07) June 3, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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