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Scuffle breaks out between two tennis players following handshake
Who’d have thought a handshake could cause this much drama?
Katherine Sebov (20) claimed a straight-sets win over 18-year-old Alycia Parks (6-0, 7-6) in the ITF W60 Las Vegas round of 16.
However, tensions between the pair boiled over at the net, after Sebov was accused of “squeezing” her opponent’s hand, leading to a scuffle.
The chair umpire had to stand between the players to simmer the situation down.
Fellow tennis player Sachia Vickery defended Parks’ actions, tweeting, “I was there she def squeezed her hand at the net. I hope they don’t try to spin this”.
Parks later tweeted about the incident.
So about this whole video situation after the last point I walked to the net the opponent slapped my hand and squeezed it harder then anyone else with aggression I told the ref what happened if you could see that’s why he climbed down from his chair before we could even shake
— Alycia.parks (@alycia91838799) November 8, 2019
Hands with him he wouldn’t say anything to her so I walked to her to say don’t ever squeeze my hand again the opponent turns around and gets big and reaches towards me with full force and pushes me twice while during the match the mom was coaching and had said something to me
— Alycia.parks (@alycia91838799) November 8, 2019
The ITF is understood to be investigating the scuffle.
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