Mirjana spoke on Facebook about the non-handshake against Siegemund and some of the player responses are pretty amazing:
Mirjana: So people wanna know why I didn't shake my opponents hand tonight...
I started playing tennis long time ago and have been in many situations on and off the court that were tough but I have never in all my years seen behavior like this!
My opponent calls a trainer 3 X goes to the bathroom twice , stops play in the middle of games to ask for more treatment(coincidentally it happens when I'm winning),takes ridiculous amount of time between points and screams like an animal on every single mistake of mine.
So no, it was not bad sportsmanship on my side.
Oh! And this happens every single time!
Unacceptable !
Love and light my friends !
And in response:
Kuznetsova: i totally agree with you!!! Happened the same on my match!!! Way to go!!!!
Karatancheva: Oh girl u are being wayy too nice. Same happened to me at the french and let me tell u - at the end i wanted to drag her ass out side and beat the shit out of her. Soo u not shaking her hand actually is very sportsmanship like! This behavior is not what this sport is about. If she wants to act she should go to hollywood. Respect to u!
Mirjana: So people wanna know why I didn't shake my opponents hand tonight...
I started playing tennis long time ago and have been in many situations on and off the court that were tough but I have never in all my years seen behavior like this!
My opponent calls a trainer 3 X goes to the bathroom twice , stops play in the middle of games to ask for more treatment(coincidentally it happens when I'm winning),takes ridiculous amount of time between points and screams like an animal on every single mistake of mine.
So no, it was not bad sportsmanship on my side.
Oh! And this happens every single time!
Unacceptable !
Love and light my friends !
And in response:
Kuznetsova: i totally agree with you!!! Happened the same on my match!!! Way to go!!!!
Karatancheva: Oh girl u are being wayy too nice. Same happened to me at the french and let me tell u - at the end i wanted to drag her ass out side and beat the shit out of her. Soo u not shaking her hand actually is very sportsmanship like! This behavior is not what this sport is about. If she wants to act she should go to hollywood. Respect to u!