Naomi Broady is into the ASB Classic third round after a controversial match against Jelena Ostapenko, who escaped disqualification for appearing to throw a racquet towards a ball boy.
The Briton saved two match points to win 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 before an angry exchange with the Latvian at the net.
Ostapenko claimed her racquet slipped from her hand in the second-set tie-break and was let off with a warning.
Broady disagreed saying her opponent should be “straight disqualified”.
“You’ll see on the replay, there’s no way it was accidental. She threw the racquet and it hit the ball boy,” British number three Broady told the umpire in an on-court exchange.
WTA rules state that “players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person…for the purposes of this rule, physical abuse is the unauthorised touching of an official, opponent and spectator or other person”.
Players can be disqualified for incidents by the umpire and fined up to $10,000 (ÂŁ6,830) for each violation.
Door : bbc.com
