Elisabetta Cocciaretto, despite the intense contribution of the home crowd, was unable to avoid the defeat against Anastasija Potapova in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, at the Italian Open 2023, on the Rome clay-courts. And among the themes of the match, in addition to the facts of the court, there is the harsh issue between the crowd present in the stands and the Russian tennis player, who had to manage the unbridled cheering of the Italians in favor of her player for the whole duration of the meeting.
Which evidently gave Potapova a lot of annoyance, who didn’t hesitate to react the moment she scored the match point, inviting the supporters with a clear gesture to calm down after having pushed Cocciaretto for the entire match.
Crowd that, as expected, counter-reacted, overwhelming her with boos. In short, a new controversy for the Russian tennis player, who in recent weeks had received a shower of criticism for wearing the shirt of the Russian soccer club Spartak Moscow, on the tennis court.
drama at the end of Potapova-Cocciaretto.
Anastasia won and told the italian crowd to ‘calm down’ as they were cheering for Elisabetta in her comeback from 1-5 to 4-5. They were loud, but they never went against her.
after that, she was heavily booed.video by: @WTA TV
