You can tell she’s shy and nervous to say this, but I have a lot of respect for her

Courageous call from Iga - well done!

She is right! The fans need to be courteous!

@fabolousjada5070

21 күн бұрын

No they dont lol

Well somebody has to say it and if the chair umpire can't do his job then there's nothing wrong with players taking a stand. Well done Iga 👏

@edek816

21 күн бұрын

The ump was actually asking for silence a number of times during the match, but she cannot do any more than that.

Good on her for calling out the boorish behavior. This is tennis people.

I'm glad she mentioned the crowd issue since it was clearly affecting her a lot.

@tothelighthouse9843

18 күн бұрын

It affects all players. I'm glad Iga spoke out, crowds have been getting worse esp once server steps to the line. Heckling & yelling continues unabated even when players are ready.

Love it she can say it in a professional manner!

So Erfolgreich und noch so bescheiden. Was für eine beeindruckende Persönlichkeit.

The French audience is the worst. They are screaming, they are drunk. One tennis player was even spit on with chewing gum. It's very brave of her to speak out about it.

@gencocorpuz3476

26 күн бұрын

Yep. Its David Goffin. Uts a disrespectful crowd to say the least. Shame..

@trinerd

26 күн бұрын

Have you ever watched the US Open ? American crowds are worse.

@thetannaree

23 күн бұрын

@@trinerdno - French Open crowds are way rowdier and get unruly. Not always French ppl doing the acting up -

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

​@@trinerdrubbish, the US fans are nationalistic, too, right. But they are not nearly as disturbing.

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

​@trinerd thank you. When it comes to American players playing at the US Open, the crowd can be ruthless to the opponent

Nothing wrong with that. Learn tennis etiquette. If you want to be rowdy, save it for the US Open. They've accepted and even embraced that type of boisterous affair, but during the point it should be all about the players and they should have the respect of the crowd to be able to perform their craft at the highest possible level.

@miguelbarahona6636

26 күн бұрын

She's right. We need respectful tennis audiences, even at the US Open.

@javierlara6350

26 күн бұрын

@miguelbarahona6636 not sure that will ever happen. It's become a part of tennis Americana and the soul of new York. I don't like it but it seems players have come to enjoy it.

@tothelighthouse9843

18 күн бұрын

@@javierlara6350 Let's be real, it's def not just UO. It's AO as well, & RG has been like this for a long time. 1000 events are like this now too. The hold-out is Wimbledon where you can still hear a pin drop before each serve. Players haven't mentioned enjoying it. Even players like Kyrgios who claim they like the noisy partisanship end up going apesh*t on crowd members who are heckling them. Many players, including the greats, have mentioned how distracting it's becoming. They talk about wanting the crowd to enjoy the matches but respect that players need quiet from the moment they step to the line to serve to the moment the point is over.

Well done Iga! Well said! 🎉🎉🎉

Great comment about some sport ethic ... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Respect

What do u mean called out the French Crowd u r making it sound so dramatic!! She has taken a stand for all the tennis players by saying this and well she is right ppl need to be silent when the point is going on you cant distract the player! They are entertaining you that doesnt mean u will disrespect the players

Osaka is improving every tournament. Hope she finally dials it in and win the wimby

The chair umpire needed to say something, I’m glad Iga was politely able to raise her concern

For Iga, Coco is easy, Naomi is tough as nail

For the World Number 1 to make these remarks was a real tribute to Naomi Osaka who had her on the ropes. She knew that a slight distraction from the crowd could have costed her the match. Going out in the second round is a long way from being the 3X champion 🏆 walking 🚶‍♂️ away!

Queen Iga

and we know that Naomi is playing great tennis, she was dragging her around for 3 hours into she choke.

A gentleman’s game.

Naomi played better, plain and simple, got to set point first in the opening set, destroyed Iga 6-1 in the second and got to match point first in the third. Iga won the more crucial points which mattered but overall Naomi was playing amazing just didn’t hold her nerve. She really is the only one who is capable of beating Iga.

I agree with Iga, but fans will be fans. They're gonna be nasty sometimes and can't control that

@podunkman2709

20 күн бұрын

New generation of communes

Please stop this nasal wining

She’s just asking for them not to yell between first and second serves, which is the etiquette. It’s like going to the theater or opera and yelling out at an inappropriate time, it would be disruptive. A lot of new tennis fans are sloppy with this and it’s annoying for everyone and unfair to the players.

good iga

👏👏💙💙💙

Of course she's right, but this is the responsibility of the event organisers. In time people will turn on her because she'll have wealth, and they'll feel scolded. Organisers NEED TO ENFORCE crowd discipline

why she always speaking like she is about to cry lol

It doesn't matter to these idiot people in the crowd they are going to still do it , but it's good that she brought this up because it is annoying for one and 2 frustrating for the players

And how many times we see tennis players have tantrums like kids smash rackets and speak trash...

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

True. But that was not her point here. And both is valid.

Will Iga win Wimbledon 2024 ? 🤔👩🎾🇬🇧🏆

Bad form. You should never scold the fans. Noises get made sometimes.

Crowd was cheering for osaka and she deserved to win.

@martinahardy5255

24 күн бұрын

exactly

@TheMastino

23 күн бұрын

Brooooo sorry for your loss 🫢

@martinahardy5255

23 күн бұрын

​@@TheMastinoNaomi CHOKED and this is why Iga won, but it was great watching her get dragged for 3 hours.

@PeterRince

22 күн бұрын

The crowd always cheers for the underdog. It is the underdog's job to deliver the win. Nobody 'deserves' anything.

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

Maybe she deserved to win, but Iga is 100% correct about the bad manners of the French crowd.

She played really good tennis but I won.

She forgets four years ago when there was a pandemic, there were no games and even when things slowly started reopening there were no crowds. Some tennis players like Serena Williams faced some horrific crowds (Palm Springs anyone?) and not once did she complain.

@AinSoph73

24 күн бұрын

Bull shit, Serena complained by not returning for 14 years. She rightfully called the experience traumatizing. No one owes these people a green light to abuse them while they work.

@mwelb5251

22 күн бұрын

​@AinSoph73 did Serena go on the microphone at the event and complain like this woman? No! She just simply didn't return. Iga should do the same. The crowds pays the players wages. If they affect you that much that you need to complain, go elsewhere and play another sport where they are quiet. Iga should try snooker

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

​@@mwelb5251rubbish. All she said is correct. If you'd behave different, fine. But that is just you.

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

​@@HaleG9no-one is talking to you so go back to your colouring books

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

@@mwelb5251 lol, if you are not aware that you are communicating on a public social media, you are even more of a 🤡 than I thought. 😅

She is right but it was bad decision to talk about it there (but it was also very difficult match and moments of match and every ball matters). Toy never win with such crowd and there will be persons who can do it in purpose in future.

That’s part of the sport is to handle under all types of pressure. She should be embarrassed to even bring that up. None of the greats have ever challenged the audience and their behavior. I don’t care for her anyhow this just adds list of things that annoys me with her. Serena endured many set backs with the French crowd and handled under the conditions. The reason there’s so much support for Iga is because she’s a white woman. Speaking up is obviously more honorable when you’re in a white dominated sport.

@EconomistGI

23 күн бұрын

Rubbish. Iga is 100% right to ask for respect from the audience, and this has absolutely nothing to do with the color of her skin. This is tennis, not MMA. It's about the audience refraining from screaming while the ball is being played. Afterwards, they can make any noise they want.

@j-dub6122

23 күн бұрын

@@EconomistGI it has a lot to do with race. Tennis is a white dominated sport. Serena being vocal was never respected and people would mock and consider her being unsportsmanlike. Iga receiving no backlash for a sport that forces you to become mentally strong is ridiculous. If you cannot handle the stress just remove yourself simple as that. After all its requirements for her employment.

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! Serena AND Venus endured far WORSE than a few hecklers in France (remember when Venus won Wimbledon for the 2nd year back in 2001 and someone made a monkey chant before she collected her trophy????😒🙄😬). Iga can't even handle a few drunk hecklers

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

​@@j-dub6122👏👏👏👏👏

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

​@@EconomistGI you sound like a bot because you answered me with the same nonsense

Dealing with rowdy crowds is part of the game. Its a waste of time telling the few drunk people in the audience to be quiet!

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

FINALLY!!! Someone on here talking some damn sense! I think half of those comments agreeing with Iga are bots! How can you play tennis and don't like rowdy crowds? That's part of the game, unfortunately. Same with football, which is far worse!!!!

@molybdaenmornell123hopp5

18 күн бұрын

​​@@mwelb5251 You say "unfortunately" but also expect players to like it. Maybe pick a lane. It really depends what you want the game to be about. If you don't care about tennis-specific skills or who is best at them and just want to see a war with all the dirty bits, then anything goes, including shamelessly biased and disruptive crowd behaviour. At the extreme end of that, all sports are reduced to a contest of who can take the noise better, i.e. they're all the same and it gets boring. If, like me, you like variety, come to a tennis court for tennis rather than generic battle and want to see a fair, focussed contest of skill and will, cut the rowdiness. It's like an injury - part of the game, unfortunately, but to be minimised. Sure, keep up the energy and the drama, applaud your heart out, just shut it mid-point. (Not a bot, if that helps you believe it.)

@mwelb5251

18 күн бұрын

​@@molybdaenmornell123hopp5what the hell are you talking about???? Talk sense!!!! Crowds and skills are two different subjects.

But, nothing in life is a walk in the park…Iga!

This is tenis communes not footbal match. Be quiet.

She always crying lol she needs to toughen up cause other then clay you gonna have a hard time especially in the US

Good luck with the US crowd at the US Open because that crowd is far WORSE!!!! If you're playing against an opponent from the US, you'll be lucky to even get a polite clap. Is it right that tennis fans scream and heckle during games? Nope, it's downright rude and disrespectful. Unfortunately, being able to play under pressure is all part of the game. If you can't handle that, then you shouldn't play, simple!

That's because the crowd was cheering for Naomi, this is the same crowd that was acting loud and rowdy when she won her Grand slam titles and she didn't have a problem then, it's a problem when majority of the stadium is clapping and cheering for someone else and now Iga needs the WHOLE stadium including the parking lot to be quiet.

@mwelb5251

25 күн бұрын

THANK YOU! I'm wondering if half of these comments agreeing with her are bots!

She's biting the hand that feeds them. Tricky tricky tricky and very naive to think you'll get away with that

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

She has been getting away with it. And she is not fed by unmannered Frenchmen.

Most unlikable figure in tennis history.

Let her just experience what Serena and Venus went through.She will crumble.

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

THANKKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

Don't agree with her comment. Sorry. Try being Serena or Venus Williams for what they went through. She would have crumbled. If you don't like the crowds making noise go and play chess!

@HaleG9

21 күн бұрын

Serena?! The Serena playing the final against Naomi? You must be kidding.

@mwelb5251

21 күн бұрын

​​@@HaleG9still got bored with your colouring books, maybe try something else

constantly complaining about something..and never shows graditute.Man she's not likable at all

@jakubzajac8585

26 күн бұрын

Jealous?

@richardjagoda8118

26 күн бұрын

Then don’t watch her game you will say new nerve

@mwelb5251

25 күн бұрын

She's not likable in the least and this is why I miss the likes of Serena and Venus Williams, Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati and even Anna Kounikova. Those women faced some horrific crowds back in their days and not once did they complain. Hardly ever. Serena used to love it when the crowd made noise. Iga forgets four years ago during a pandemic there were no crowds and how boring it was when there was no one around to even say boo

french open. Montecarlo too