[ziggy2shus3]

Poots 6-4, 6-4 over Sieg in a close match. Poots was more consistent than Sieg.
Poots went vocal on several close calls, and I believe she got a warning.
in the 2nd set Poots changed her shoelace. Never seen that before. Sieg said " Is she going to take 10 minutes to change that shoelace?"
At the end of the match both players went straight to their bench and didn't get within 25 feet of each other. No handshake hugs or kisses from these two.
for video on YouTube -- putintseva vs the umpire --- found by chrisR80

 

[ziggy2shus3]

Poots next goes up against Storm Sanders who destroyed Toml in the 1st round.
Never seen Storm before. Ranked #292.
Poots vs Storm --- I see clouds gathering in the distance

 

[jimbo mack]

I missed the very end of the match - did they not even tap rackets?

I watched most of this and thought it was quite good quality overall, lots of the usual variety from Laura, but Putin just that bit more solid off the ground. Laura questioning lots of calls as per, exaggerating how wide / long the balls she thought were out mind! Putin was generally quite calm by her usual standards.

 

[Armstrong2000]

Poots

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1364144355955466244

 

[TF-KING]

Honestly Poots need to realize she's lucky she's even playing a tournament right now. She can't complaint right now

 

[ChrisR80]

Putintseva vs. the Umpire (ft. Siegemund) - YouTube

hahahaha

 

[mckyle.]

You just know Siegemund was fuming that she had never thought of the broken shoelace trick before. It was funny to watch her being iced out after she’s done it to so many others.

 

[goldenlox]

Putintseva survived the mice in her hotel rooms and now has to survive these officials

 

[Highgate]

I prefer Putintseva beating Siegemund any day.

 

[Tripp]

A battle between two of the tour's biggest villains. I'm sorry I missed it.

 

[ziggy2shus3]

ChrisR80...thanks for finding the video. The two most emotional players on court together, but the hugs and kisses at the end of the match show they are Best Friends Forever.

 

[MLF4]

Putintseva comes across horribly on and off court. Such an entitled person. Siegemund is terrible on court but seems nice off it but, yes, she’s the last person who should complain about a delay.

 

[miguelito22]

But the lob that was called out looked really close

 

[EkVraNaamEnVan]

Putintseva comes across horribly on and off court. Such an entitled person. Siegemund is terrible on court but seems nice off it but, yes, she’s the last person who should complain about a delay.

They say Poots is nice off court, that's her alter ego Putin.

 

[jimbo mack]

I watched a lot of this match live but missed all the drama moments - typical.

I hope Putin and Siegemund never change. Great entertainment.

The umpire looked both amused and bemused by it all.

 

[Not_me]

This drama was so expected when two worst behaving players play against eachother.
Gamesmanship galore!
I must say I was here team Siegemund! 😝

 

[Elita]

Not Putintseva disrespecting Kween Miri Bley 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

 

[the mixer]

Poots done it before against Van Uytvank at the Australian and also a match before that. A master of the dark arts. Other scams include lengthy bathroom breaks at opportune moments and occasionally mimicking her opponent.

 

[StephenUK]

Those of you who are old enough to remember the legendary mini-series Lace, well we then had Lace 2, but this must be (Shoe) Lace: the Revenge!

 

[BLOHM95]

Poots definitely has small woman syndrome. Its not classic small woman syndrome because she is not that short compared to average, but relative to other WTA players she is