Tennis Player Shades Ball Girl By Refusing to Catch Any Tennis Balls

As anyone who’s seen Challengers will tell you, there’s a lot of drama in tennis. Also a lot of homoeroticism, but that’s not what we’re talking about today.

Instead, we’re turning our focus to Yulia Putintseva, a tennis player representing Kazakhstan (who was born in Russia and now lives in Florida. Strange world!).

At a recent match against Jasmine Paolini of Italy, she gestured for a ball girl to throw her some balls. And so, the ball girl did — to which Putintseva reacted by simply watching them fall to the ground.

It was a bizarre slight, and while the crowd wasn’t sure why she did it, they opted to boo her anyway (probably a safe choice). Thankfully, karma was instant, and she lost the match, later issuing an apology via Instagram stories.

Be nice to your ball girls, people!