French Open stars in furious row and refuse handshakes in chaotic post-match scenes | Tennis | Sport

There was a bitter end to what had been a fiery match between Tamara Korpatsch and Wang Xinyu on Court 7. During the second set, No. 32 seed Wang crossed the net to argue with her German opponent over a line call, as electronic line-calling is not in use at the French Open. She was given a code violation, as players cannot cross the net mid-game.

Korpatsch went on to cause an upset, winning 6-2 2-6 6-3, and both women then approached the net, arguing about what was assumed to be the line-calling incident. And they did not shake hands with each other.

“You can see a little bit of discontent between the two players. No handshake!” TNT Sports commentators said.

“It all follows the incident in the first set, where Wang got a code violation for going over to Tamara Korpatsch’s side of the court to assess whether a ball had landed in or out. A bit of bad blood between the two, but it is the 31-year-old from Germany who goes through.”

Korpatsch had raced into a 5-1 lead in the first set, but blew five set points to get broken. Then, as Wang attempted to serve to stay in the set and faced another set point, there was a disagreement over whether she had hit the ball long.

The 32nd seed crossed the net and joined Korpatsch at the baseline on her side of the net, arguing over whether the mark was in or out as fans in the stands booed and whistled.