Amarissa Toth stunned the tennis community with her horrible behavior when facing Shuai Zhang in Budapest.
After a controversial conclusion to her Hungarian Grand Prix match on Tuesday against Amarissa Toth that was centered around a protracted debate with umpire Morgane Lara, Zhang Shuai got an outpouring of support from her fellow tennis players.
Zhang, who has lost her past 13 matches and has been vocal about mental health issues, was back on clay. When Lara confirmed an out call at 5-5, 15-15, She grew enraged.
Two points later, when Toth wiped the mark with her shoe and said, “You are making a problem,” Zhang was even more upset and demanded to see the supervisor. During the subsequent timeout, Zhang ultimately decided to leave the game. Toth, a No. 548-ranked Hungarian wild card, lifted her arms in jubilation as she left the court in tears, which caused Zhang’s WTA peers to criticize her.
The Hungarian player was widely slammed on social media, and many top players criticized her. Maria Sakkari even hinted that Amarissa Toth should be banned from the Tour. Here are some of the tweets.
All the support to Shuai ❤️
This is not acceptable. https://t.co/AjHJQKHYLo— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) July 19, 2023
@zhangshuai121 is the nicest player on the tour!! That Toth girl should be banned from the tour 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 https://t.co/N9QLPDbLDX
— Maria Sakkari (@mariasakkari) July 19, 2023
That’s another level of unsportsmanlike conduct
Just wow https://t.co/bDFQwGiPd5— victoria azarenka (@vika7) July 19, 2023
Absolutely disgusting behavior.
Shuai is a better person than a lot of us for shaking the ref and that girls hand.
But then again it’s Shuai we are talking about , ofc she did. https://t.co/GVcQ1NoPKe— Ajla Tomljanovic (@Ajlatom) July 18, 2023
Kiara Toth in Budapest, ranking, and results in 2023
At the moment ranked no.548, Kiara Toth has achieved a 12-10 match record in 2023. The Hungarian is now competing in Budapest where she ousted the world no.45 Shuai Zhang 6-5 ret..
Amarissa Kiara Toth will take on the world no.100 Kateryna Baindl in the 2nd round. In the past, they have never played each other up to now in top competitions.
Ons Jabeur in 2023
LLWWLWWLWW Now ranked no.6, Jabeur played her last match on the 15th of July when she surrendered to world no.10 Marketa Vondrousova 6-4 6-4 in the final in Wimbledon (draw).
Currently, during this year Ons achieved an overall 22-10 win-loss record. The Tunisian clinched 1 title in Charleston. Ons got to the final in Wimbledon.
She is also scheduled to play at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open) after Montreal. The main draw will start on the 7th of August.
Amarissa Kiara Toth and Ons Jabeur have never faced off.
Maria Sakkari in 2023
LLWWLWWLLL Now ranked no.9, the Greek played her last match on the 5th of July when she lost to world no.35 Marta Kostyuk 0-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Wimbledon (draw).
Currently, during this season the Greek has a 24-14 record. Maria Sakkari’s most significant result of the present year was getting to the semifinal in Australia, Linz, Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Berlin.
Victoria Azarenka in 2023
LLWWLWWLWW Currently the world no.19, Victoria played her last match on the 9th of July when she lost to world no.27 Elina Svitolina 2-6 6-4 7-6(9) in the 4th round in Wimbledon (draw).
This season Azarenka has a 17-13 win-loss record. Victoria Azarenka’s most significant performance of the year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open.
Maria Sakkari and Victoria Azarenka played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Azarenka. Before, the last time they competed against each other, Victoria Azarenka won 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) in the 3rd round in Montreal (Rogers Cup) in August 2021.
