Tennis-Bad blood in Bad Homburg as Sakkari, Putintseva involved in testy exchange

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 10, 2025 Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in action during her round of 32 match against Britain's Heather Watson Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo

(Reuters) -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.