“I do realize I should not have celebrated the way I celebrated after the match, and I’m sorry for that. I got caught up in my emotions and in the heat of the match, and I got caught up by the moment. I focused on tennis, and I didn’t want to win like that. I hope that, in the future, I will have the opportunity to sit down and talk with Zhang Shuai and tell how badly I feel that our match ended this way.”
Baindl spoke at length about Zhang, who has earned an outpouring of support from the tennis world—both in the wake of the match and in light of her admission to dealing with mental health struggles this season—after defeating Toth, 6-3, 6-1.
“I hope that Shuai Zhang feels better and that we will soon see her back because she’s an unbelievable player, very respectful and a great person,” said the Ukrainian. There is a lot to learn from her, and we should all stay respectful to each other no matter what.”
Toth will earn a new career-high ranking as a result of this week's results, and will tentatively move up to No. 462 on Monday.
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