
Bad blood spilled over in Bad Homburg on Sunday when Greece’s Maria Sakkari and Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva were involved in a centre court confrontation after their first-round encounter.
Sakkari emerged with a 7-5 7-6(6) victory in the Wimbledon tune-up event in Germany but appeared less than pleased with Putintseva’s handshake at the net.
“When you shake hands with someone, look them in the eyes,” Sakkari said in comments picked up