“I Felt I Was Humiliated”: Barbora Krejcikova Dismayed With Garbine Muguruza’s Reaction After US Open 2021 Loss

It was the Round of 16 matches at the US Open and we had Spanish tennis player Garbine Muguruza take on Barbora Krejcikova. It was a close match and the eventual winner was the Czech player who won the match 6-3 7-6(4). 

However, during the match, Barbora Krejcikova took a medical time out when her opponent was cruising in the match. Once the match resumed, the momentum shifted and the Czech star took control of the match from Garbine Muguruza. Post this match, there has been some controversy due to the timing of the timeout. 

The Czech player spoke on this episode and stated, “I mean, I just know what she told me at the net. I don’t know what was happening after and just tried not to look at it. Yeah, I guess she has a lot of fans because she’s just playing longer than I do. I would say I guess it was pretty negative, but that’s the way it is and I mean, I didn’t expect it because, yeah. I wasn’t in and I don’t know how to say it but I just didn’t expect that I’m going to be accused like this.”

Garbine Muguruza and Barbora Krejcikova exchanged words

Krejcikova was disheartened by the way she got pulled up for the medical time-out. She did reveal that she spoke to Garbine at the net. She felt let down by all the accusations thrown at her. At the same time, she mentioned that she was in a bad state and was cramping.

The 25-year-old added, “Also, I was watching a little bit at the end of the match so I knew what was actually happening. I just felt right now that I got really humiliated by a Grand Slam champion, which I’ve never seen. When I step out of the court, it took me actually one hour to get to the locker room, and was in really bad shape. I was just, like, cramping and felt really, really bad. I never experienced something like this, something from behind the scenes that nobody knows and nobody has seen.”

Barbora lost in the quarterfinal of the US Open to Aryna Sabalenka yesterday. We wish both players, Krejcikova and Muguruza the very best for the rest of the season. 

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