18-time Grand Slam champion, Chris Evert has been doing commentary during the whole Wimbledon Championships 2022. Incidentally, she covered the ladies’ final match between Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur.
After the Kazakh player won the Wimbledon Championships, she was doing her routine and formalities. At the same time, Evert was also doing commentary talking about her Russian roots. Suddenly, she stopped talking about it as the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, appeared. One Twitter user picked up on this and criticized the former American tennis player. However, Evert shuts down that Twitter user with a perfect reply.
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Chris Evert shuts down a Twitter user for nit-picking her action at Wimbledon Championships 2022
Earlier, the Twitter user shared a video, and in the caption, wrote, “Awkward! @ChrissieEvert does not comment when mentioned about Russian born #Rybakina winning #Wimbledon.“
In reply, the former American tennis player wrote, “Yes, they told me to lay out so we could hear the Duchess conversation with the champion. Don?t nit pic.“
Yes, they told me to lay out so we could hear the Duchess conversation with the champion. Don’t nit pic 🤨 https://t.co/E0ufeS0rfg
— Chris Evert (@ChrissieEvert) July 9, 2022
Notably, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, also presented Rybakina with the Venus Rosewater Dish trophy during the trophy presentation. In the past, we saw many players go inside the lounge of the Centre Court and present the trophy to the crowd from the balcony of the South West Hall. As Rybakina was going to the balcony, she had a brief conversation with Kate Middleton and the commentary completely stopped at that moment.
Interestingly, they were talking about her Russian roots in the commentary. Earlier, John McEnroe also commented about Wimbledon’s decision to let her player despite Russia being her birth country. Not just McEnroe, but many fans and experts also commented on this subject matter.
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Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur at the Wimbledon Championships final to win her first Major title
While people can raise questions about her birth country, they cannot question her performance on the tennis court. Yesterday, she played some incredible tennis to beat the Tunisian player Ons Jabeur, who was also playing her first Grand Slam final. Jabeur started the match pretty well, as she won the first set with ease. However, the Kazakh player made an incredible comeback in the second set and did not give the Tunisian player any chance for a comeback in the match.
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After 1 hour and 48 minutes, the 23-year-old Kazakh player won the match 3-6,6-2,6-2. Notably, she changed her nationality in 2018 and has been representing Kazakhstan since then. As a result, she became the first-ever Kazakh player to win a Grand Slam tournament, that too at one of the most prestigious tournaments, the Wimbledon Championships.