{"id":317426,"date":"2023-07-20T02:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T02:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317426"},"modified":"2023-07-20T03:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:58:37","slug":"sad-twist-in-disgusting-sportsmanship-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317426","title":{"rendered":"Sad twist in &#039;disgusting&#039; sportsmanship saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian Amarissa Toth has offered little remorse for her actions that were described as &quot;disgusting&quot; by a fellow tennis professional after her role in a line call controversy led to a teary retirement from her beloved opponent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/hungarian-open-news-2023-zhang-shuai-vs-amarissa-kiara-toth-confrontation-video-results-highlights\/064d2c18-ed56-4e26-95bf-48651464380e\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Zhang Shuai quit midway through her first round match against Toth\">Zhang Shuai quit midway through her first round match against Toth<\/a> after a series of incidents that were kicked off by a ball being called out.<\/p>\n<p>She argued at length with the chair umpire that the ball was in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-matildas-home-campaign-to-inspire-future-generations-of-women\/1ce7f082-22a0-4c56-9b61-698ac68a5882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Magic awaiting Matildas at home World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-2023-fourth-test-day-1-video-highlights-every-wicket-from-australia-v-england-jonny-bairstow-takes-superb-catch-to-remove-mitchell-marsh\/fc0b5703-3cc8-4cee-a37e-4aa5d7ef4667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Script flipped as fumbling Bairstow takes &#x27;worldy of a catch&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/the-ashes-2023-fourth-test-stuart-broad-takes-600th-test-wicket-as-england-australia-square-off-at-old-trafford\/943d44b3-384c-4994-a46c-63ae89e0e121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Broad hits &#x27;staggering&#x27; milestone as Aussies waste starts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-the-mole-newcastle-knights-favourites-to-sign-jack-cogger\/fa71c39d-43d9-4725-b0a8-4248acd3fa72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New favourite in bid to sign Cleary backup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shuai was mocked by a spectator who yelled &quot;time violation&quot; prompting the Chinese veteran to fire back.<\/p>\n<p>All of this was much to the amusement of Toth, who laughed as Shuai sought to find the culprit of the taunt.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"fa6e1a36-1bcb-48bc-98ba-d219c290f619\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fa6e1a36-1bcb-48bc-98ba-d219c290f619\" alt=\"Zhang Shuai holds back tears.\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the following point, Toth wiped the mark out where Shuai believed the ball had earlier landed, leading to another blow-up.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the two-time doubles Grand Slam winner decided to retire.<\/p>\n<p>After shaking hands, Toth raised her hands in celebration before Shuai walked into the middle of the court and berated the spectators.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I didn&#x27;t understand why she made such a fuss out of it, that she wanted to overrule the judge&#x27;s decision,&quot; Toth told Radio Kossuth afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t understand why she didn&#x27;t accept it, but she made trouble for herself.&quot;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA\/status\/1681780223275151362\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA\/status\/1681780223275151362<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fallout from Shuai&#x27;s retirement at the tournament in Hungary has prompted the WTA to launch an investigation after contentious comments were made.<\/p>\n<p>A comment circulated on social media made by the Hungarian GP Facebook page made serious allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Amarissa did not decide if the ball was good or not. It was the decision of the linesman and then the chair umpire,&quot; the comment read.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Hungarian tennis player in the first WTA main draw match of her life may not have behaved in every situation, but she did nothing that could be described as a lack of integrity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And there is no deflection, no misunderstanding. The Chinese are manipulating the world with a manipulative video.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ons_Jabeur\/status\/1681657040513400833\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ons_Jabeur\/status\/1681657040513400833<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tournament communications manager Erik Siklos told local broadcaster MTI, &quot;Thousands of cases like this happen all over the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In this situation, it is the chair umpire who counts, who has awarded the point.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#x27;s not known whether the WTA&#x27;s statement was directly in response to that comment, the organisation notes &quot;subsequent posts&quot; being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The WTA has zero tolerance for racism in any form or context,&quot; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The unfortunate incident that took place yesterday at the Hungarian Grand Prix and subsequent posts are being reviewed and will be addressed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zhangshuai121\/status\/1681684215341907969\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/zhangshuai121\/status\/1681684215341907969<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toth is set to face Kateryna Baindl in the second round of the Hungarian Open.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hungarian Amarissa Toth has offered little remorse for her actions that were described as &quot;disgusting&quot; by a fellow tennis professional after her role in a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317426\" title=\"Sad twist in &#039;disgusting&#039; sportsmanship saga\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317429,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317426\/revisions\/317429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/317428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}