WATCH: Days after Russian tennis star’s upsetting meltdown, American WTA icon paints a new picture with compassion towards ball kids during her crucial Australian Open match
Peyton Stearns made her Australian Open debut after delivering an impressive run at the 2023 US Open.
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Budding American star Peyton Stearns was recently lauded for dashing off-court to help a sick ballkid during her performance at the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne.
Stearns’s actions come a day after Russian tennis pro Pavel Kotov enraged tennis fans for his outrageous behavior during his opening-round appearance at the Melbourne event.
America’s Peyton Stearns was gearing up for a set point for the second set during her opening round encounter with 14th seed Daria Kasatkina when the Melbourne heat turned up a notch and took a toll on one of the ball kids.
Owing to the sun’s intensity, one of the ball kids at the Kia Arena fell ill and was escorted off-court to receive treatment from the tournament’s officials. During that time, Stearns earned heroics by rushing to the site and offering ice towels to the youngster.
However, despite putting on a good show, the American lost her opening-round encounter after a hard-hitting contest of three sets with a concluding scoreline of 2-6, 6-3, 2-6.
Pavel Kotov’s unjustified attitude at the 2024 Australian Open scares a ball kid and sparks criticism from the tennis world
Russian tennis professional Pavel Kotov was recently witnessed in action at the 2024 Australian Open, where he was criticized for his outlandish behavior during his opening-round clash against Arthur Rinderknech.
The World No. 64 prevailed in a hard-fought contest of five sets against the Frenchman but turned many heads owing to his unjustified attitude during the match.
Kotov seemingly experienced his downfall during his opening round encounter, which led him to smash a tennis ball against a wall behind him and scare a ball kid who was witnessed in the vicinity of the aforementioned wall.
Although the ball kid suffered no harm, the Russian’s actions led to massive media attention and attracted negative criticism from tennis fans.
Kotov is scheduled to lock horns with Flavio Cobolli for a place in the third round of the hardcourt event on Wednesday, January 17.
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