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Vika Crying: Not Because She Won, But She Felt Bullied

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#1 ·
Honestly, no matter what the crowd really should not treat her that way. I felt like she was holding in her emotions from how awful the crowd had been to her. It's a bittersweet victory, but she's being totally bullied. If you say Na was unlucky, you can say she had a physical disadvantage, but Vika had a mental disadvantage and that's just as equally important. This is coming from a fan of Na Li. I feel for Na so much in this match and really wanted her to win, but enough is enough.
 
#72 ·
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Loved the crowd's response calling BS on her SF MTO. She may be a champion here but she doesn't behave like one :eek:
 
#9 ·
:lol: Have you ever seen a Fed Cup/Davis Cup match or ever watched a RG match??? This crowd was tame compared to those kind of crowds. The crowd felt she used gamesmenship to win her semi and a lot of people agree. It's not like the level of crowd support was for no reason.
 
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#17 ·
Azarenka is definitely not the first player to receive that kind of response from crowds, it happens all the time. At least they weren't as bad as the French crowd. :lol: Tis sports. Props to her for fighting through it and getting the W.
Yup. Honestly Vika had better hope her future RGs turn out as bad as last year, because I dread to think how the French crowd are going to treat her if she ever gets to a marquee match :tape:
 
#16 ·
It wasn't as bad, the only time she was booed was when she questioned the replay of the point. I thought the crowd was not hostile towards her, they were actually nice to her. Of course the crowd has a favorite, they were actually clapping every point, whoever hits a winner or an error. I think the emotion came from the semifinal backlash.

Just imagine if she did that at French and US Open, she will get booed when she hits a winner.
 
#19 ·
Oh well. When you do something shady, expect to have shade thrown at you. Bottom line is that it shows huge mental strength to keep it all together with the negative press.
 
#20 ·
well champions deal with the crowd and simply get on with their game. We've seen far more hostile crowds before against players such as Hingis and Serena, it's part and parcel of playing a tennis match. Vika dealt with the crowd well and i'm sure she shouldn't feel too bothered after winning a grand slam.
 
#21 ·
I think people are just wanting to find reasons for why they don't like her and are taking it out on her like children, but that's just my opinion. She's dealt with at most lukewarm crowds the past year and it's probably a huge motivational factor for her at this point, so I'm sure she just doesn't care anymore.
 
#22 ·
for various reasons crowds go for a certain player and see the other as a villain. this goes back to Martina and Chris rivalry where Chris was seen as the sweet american pie princess and Martina the eastern block less attractive Villain. Here Azarenka is seen as the over groaning court brat and Na as the funny well mannered Chinese quiet achiever. Simple as that, the crowd can like whoever they want. Popularity is life and chosen by people for certain reasons. As the commentator said Azarenka could have at least walked out to the match without earphones and acknowledged the crowd and she could never imagine Federer doing such a thing.
 
#23 ·
I agree with this.

She didnt shed a single tear last year with the first slam, and now cries a lot.... Obviously all the hate finally got to her, you could see it was a cry of relief there, and I felt bad for her.... No one deserves that much hate that she got it was unbearable.... Actually I hate to see people crying.
 
#24 ·
Do you know what, no matter what a person has done, mob mentality is one of the ugliest sights in humanity. People are so scared of standing out from the crowd and so at ease abusing someone when they aren't accountable for it.

It is easy to attack someone for what they've done when they can't fight back.

Ugly ugly ugly side of humans was seen today.
 
#45 ·
Yup. If she'd been playing an Australian in the final (ha!) it would have been a hundred times worse. She can have a cup of concrete and harden the fuck up.

Didn't affect her anyway, she played through it and won. Knowing Australians, the fact she endured it and came through with a win will have just increased their respect for her.
Sorry, but what the hell did the crowd actually do to her. Specially in this match, the only time she was booed was when she questioned the replay the point. The worse she got was a silent treatment. They even clapped at Na errors, they were clapping every point. She needs to stop reading American press, that is what has been too hard on her.

No. It's never acceptable for crowds to act the way they do.

15,000 people against an individual. Pretty horrid.

You just don't expect it from the Aussie crowd, normally pretty reasonable (albeit they've never shown great love for the Eastern European females, Serbs aside).

Nobody is saying the Aussie crowd is the first to do this. But cheering double faults and errors from a player is horrible. And saying 'X did it before I did it' is one of the most immature justifications imaginable.
Please go watch the match back, they were clapping at Li Na's errors as well, they were clapping every point.
 
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