Victoria Azarenka regretted her Miami Open outburst over a power outage as the 34-year-old Belarusian admitted that she should have done better.
On Tuesday, two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka took on 68th-ranked Yulia Putintseva in the Miami quarterfinal.
Early in the first set with Putintseva leading 2-1 and serving while 30-0 up in the game, chair umpire Marija Cicak stopped play over a pretty bizarre reason.
After Cicak gathered with the players to explain that the scoring system nor the microphone was working, former world No. 1 Azarenka didn’t look impressed at all and proceeded to ask why they played two points in the game.
“This is pathetic, absolutely pathetic,” Azarenka was heard saying.
Victoria Azarenka’s match against Yulia Putintseva has been postponed due to a power outage 😬 pic.twitter.com/ihZrXXdpFN
— Sky Sports Tennis (@SkySportsTennis) March 26, 2024
After checking with the people in charge, Cicak learned that there was “a power failure” upstairs. The match was stopped for 45 minutes before the play continued and Azarenka completed a 7-6 (4) 1-6 6-3 win in two hours and 55 minutes of play.
Azarenka: My reaction was not the best
When the first set continued, Azarenka got the break back in the sixth game but dropped her…
