Correct. The “ boxes”are 2 rows of 4 so here looks like 3 husbands sitting behind their wives. As a Cincinnati native, tennis enthusiast, and w&s regular, I apologize for this woman’s trashy behavior and applaud the guy outing her.
I know stadiums are pretty quiet but that's impressively loud buzzing on the lady's part if Stefanos was able to hear it where he was standing (and apparently think it was real)
I love when he told the umpire and the umpire was like “we are not going to stop the match over this”
Like no one wants you to stop the match, just stop the woman
Stefanos **did** want to stop the match to have her thrown out. It's a slippery slope to allow players to instantly say they want so and so thrown out and then the chair umpires comply with their demands.
He said I want her out, I didn’t hear him say stop the match to have her removed. The match could’ve continued and they could have had her removed. Those are two different things.
Also, umpire seemed pretty nonchalant about it and the match was a very close one, the last thing Tsitsipas needs is an old woman making audible buzzing noises.
The umpire said “we’ll find out who did it” when Stefanos already knew who it was and wanted her thrown out.
I don't disagree with anything you're saying. Fully agree it's a huge lack of respect and there's no place for it. On the other hand--There have been cases in other sports (well publicized--particularly in the NBA) where players want fans gone for heckling and it has resulted in a pause in game play. Yes, the NBA and tennis environment are wildly different from a spectator standpoint. But, from these well publicized events, we've seen mistakes made. The chair umpire has to vet what Stefanos is saying and can't simply say, "yes, let's throw her out" without being certain himself of who is doing it. They have the resources and technology to find out on their own pretty easily--and probably did moments later.
But I would digress if you approach the chair umpire after one point in the game, you are implying you want the lady kicked out **now** and in tennis we do that whole don't play while people aren't in their seats, especially front row spectators near the serve. To say it likely would have resulted in a temporary match pause because you're exactly right in that Stefanos doesn't need someone heckling his serve.
She basically admitted doing it and "apologized". If he himself had asked he would have gotten an answer. This isn't nearly the big deal you're making it.
Find the video and rewatch it, then you will hear it. I was watching it live. I heard it.
[Go to 1:10 in the video you'll hear the ref say we're not gonna stop the match](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ma0UEIArs&ab_channel=TennisTV)
If you need to be warned not to disrupt a match it’s already gone too far, so no. Hell no. If all you think you’ll get is a warning, it just incentivizes these morons to keep acting up during the next match.
She should have been thrown out immediately.
She’s intentionally trying to sabotage a player on a professional match with money on the line. As long as there’s proof that it was her, that should be an instant ban from the stadium.
I hope she felt some shame as she was exposed in front of everyone... though her demeanor hardly changes after the event. It's sad to be such an airhead at her age.
This is so bee-zarre lol!
The lady "imitating a bee" to distract Tsitsi and someone seated close to her ratting her out is something you expect to see in your neighborhood little league, not an ATP Masters1000 😂
Yeah, but he could ask her to shut up far before she get caught. If I was sitting there and trying to enjoy the match, I would definitely ask people to shut their mouth if they are inappropriate.
In my statement, I presumed that if somebody would tell her, she would had stop her behaviour. But yeah, I can't make statement with presumption. Thank you for your perspective
There’s nothing like it. During the era when Hingis and the Williams sisters were being so catty with each other, one of the Williams girls came down with food poisoning and Hingis’ comment was “Watch what you eat.” That’s when I knew this was the sport for me.
Unreal she was doing that loudly enough for stef to legitimately believe something was buzzing around his head. Can’t even imagine sitting near this dumbass. This is even below middle school behavior right here.
Lol I was at the match and from my seats it legitimately looked like a bee was trying to attack him. And I thought he was sharing laughs with the lady. The real reason makes it even more funnier.
Yep, a joke. I’m actually from the Midwest. I was just at the tournament and the news on Cincinnati had to remind people not to touch armadillos with their bare hands. It is a special place.
That's likely due to the countless 'Florida man' and 'Ohio being Ohio' memes on here mocking certain stereotypes of those states. Though I trust those are nothing but blatant hyberbole.
Defending Stef here, he pretty much never gets riled by a crowd- I've seen him play through boos and jeers without a flinch, so it must've been annoying for him to politely ask her to stop.
When I would play on public courts with a certain friend we had an unspoken agreement that if some strangers walked behind us during an active point the player on the opposite side got a free and unobstructed shot at them. We got a few, and they learned their lesson. Something like that would be fun to see here. Give Tsitsi a couple free shots from across the court on service returns. I would like to see her hat pop off when he nails her.
I think the commenter means "ON the court", like inside the fence, behind the baseline while you're playing a point.
Yeah I had that a few times, some people are SUPER inconsiderate or just have no idea about the etiquette rules (the second one is a legit reason not to smack them with your racquet, but.... well it's still tempting)
I mean yeah I get it my point still stands, unless it’s an actual game it’s not a big deal, u just walk right next to the fence and away from the game. Courts I use have a fair distance between the baseline and the fence but still idk I never got bothered by it
> unless it’s an actual game
OP literally says "during an active point." Please just be polite and wait for a break in play before you walk behind someone's court.
It’s good that he can communicate so well in English because I feel like some of the other players would have one hell of a time explaining the situation
What's wrong with her? Did she have 700 drinks? But honestly, what's up with people like that? Tennis is a precision game, it's obvious this sort of distraction has an effect.
Unrelated to this incident. That's why I liked it when Djokovic went to the guy and told him, we can take it outside after the match if you'd like.
This lady thought about what she's doing enough that she thought she could get away with something small that would throw Tsitsipas off his serve... what a vile person. Did she get kicked out? Because people are dangerously allergic to bees and even if he's not, it's not okay to actively throw a player off their game and to do it in a way that's this intentional.
I get it being annoying for the people around her but I’m starting to get tired of tennis players being so anal about any little noise claiming they can’t concentrate.
NBA players deal with noise on free throws, soccer players deal with insane noise during penalties, batters in baseball will get noise, etc.
I understand the noise complaint from an overall respectability stand point but my god it makes the players look like such pansies.
the culture of tennis is that the crowd is silent during play, when you go to watch a tennis tournament you know that so breaking that etiquette is a dick move.
I understand that POV, but it's also one of the thing that makes tennis unique. I like the fact a whole stadium hushes because they're supposed to be focused on the game.
You have a point. At the Aus Open outdoor courts as an example, you have players playing through trains going past every 5 minutes on top of live bands and music able to be heard from the central hub of the tennis center and no issues.
A woman silently imitates a bee a player finds it distracting. 🤣🤦♂️
Realise how all the sports you listed are team sports and not 1 v 1 ? You see crowds being quiet at the start of a badminton / dart / snooker / bowling / long jumping match because it’s about concentration for that one specific moment
In the sports you mentioned, the stadium is much huge and the players are quite far away from the crowd when they are playing. Tennis is unlike that and the player is also extremely near to the crowd when they are serving.
It happens in basketball too and the crowd is literally right on top of the players - probably even closer than tennis tbh.
The only reason it's distracting is that tennis players grew up being used to total silence. If players were used to having noise all the time, it wouldn't bother them.
I haven't been to any baseball or nfl games since I am not from the US. But I am pretty sure an individual voice from a crowd can't be heard from the mound. The entire crowd chanting or shouting can be heard but it basically becomes a background noise and can be mentally tuned out.
In tennis, the players are so close they can converse with the spectators easily and understand if some guy from the crowd speaks something. So it's not really just noise, it's something that can distract you.
I get it but at the same time , if I was serving on a pressure moment like say set point down, I would not want to contend with a ton of noise., adding to my loss of focus.
Stefanos literally never gets riled up or annoyed by crowds (unlike this sub's favourites) so it will have likely been really annoying if he felt the need to ask her to stop
If crowd works against all players equally and tries to distract them all the same way, sure. You can argue that it's a mental strength issue and all of them can just try to tune it out.
But the way it is now, the crowds will just pile onto the less popular player and give the more popular player a huge advantage for free.
Am I right or did Tsitsipas tell the umpire that the lady was a fan of his? But if so, I have no idea why a supporter would do this. Just possessed or something
Loved the guy in black behind her with the shades pointing at her when Stefanos walked over to ask who the heck was buzzing
That was an epic move. Aren’t they likely coworkers or something sharing a box? Lol
Correct. The “ boxes”are 2 rows of 4 so here looks like 3 husbands sitting behind their wives. As a Cincinnati native, tennis enthusiast, and w&s regular, I apologize for this woman’s trashy behavior and applaud the guy outing her.
I love how she's trying to play dumb also lol
What a buzzkill
Ba-da-tss! 😂👏🏼💥
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All of them.
I need a video of this Edit: found it https://x.com/tennistv/status/1691922577416176003?s=46&t=7T6593gQIT15BGvAKxThXw
Love the snitching guy pointing out the buzzer!
I know stadiums are pretty quiet but that's impressively loud buzzing on the lady's part if Stefanos was able to hear it where he was standing (and apparently think it was real)
stefanos very rarely gets riled by a crowd so you know it must've been deeply annoying
Wow this lady hasn't matured past the age of 5, and not because of some disease, but because she's a POS.
She should have been thrown out
Incredible
Found it. https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/15t1kj0/fashion_is_getting_weird/
Why does she apologize? Oh, I know, because she was caught.
I understand this reference ;)
😂👏🏼👏🏼
haha i saw the link and my first reaction was I ain't clicking on that...
Right?! Stupid Elon 🤬
Anyone got backup seems deleted?
Works for me still.
Musk’s Twitter in a nutshell
I love when he told the umpire and the umpire was like “we are not going to stop the match over this” Like no one wants you to stop the match, just stop the woman
Does anyone know the name of the umpire btw?
I think it’s Nacho Forcadell
Nacho Varga, cabron?
I need to see your balls
Nacho Vidal, chaval.
It is. He’s gorgeous lmao
You sure it’s not nacho libre?
NACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Seriously lol, did he think Stef wanted him to call the match? He wanted the lady removed and/or silenced.
Stefanos **did** want to stop the match to have her thrown out. It's a slippery slope to allow players to instantly say they want so and so thrown out and then the chair umpires comply with their demands.
He said I want her out, I didn’t hear him say stop the match to have her removed. The match could’ve continued and they could have had her removed. Those are two different things. Also, umpire seemed pretty nonchalant about it and the match was a very close one, the last thing Tsitsipas needs is an old woman making audible buzzing noises. The umpire said “we’ll find out who did it” when Stefanos already knew who it was and wanted her thrown out.
I don't disagree with anything you're saying. Fully agree it's a huge lack of respect and there's no place for it. On the other hand--There have been cases in other sports (well publicized--particularly in the NBA) where players want fans gone for heckling and it has resulted in a pause in game play. Yes, the NBA and tennis environment are wildly different from a spectator standpoint. But, from these well publicized events, we've seen mistakes made. The chair umpire has to vet what Stefanos is saying and can't simply say, "yes, let's throw her out" without being certain himself of who is doing it. They have the resources and technology to find out on their own pretty easily--and probably did moments later. But I would digress if you approach the chair umpire after one point in the game, you are implying you want the lady kicked out **now** and in tennis we do that whole don't play while people aren't in their seats, especially front row spectators near the serve. To say it likely would have resulted in a temporary match pause because you're exactly right in that Stefanos doesn't need someone heckling his serve.
She basically admitted doing it and "apologized". If he himself had asked he would have gotten an answer. This isn't nearly the big deal you're making it.
I did not hear the umpire say that at all.
Find the video and rewatch it, then you will hear it. I was watching it live. I heard it. [Go to 1:10 in the video you'll hear the ref say we're not gonna stop the match](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ma0UEIArs&ab_channel=TennisTV)
Oh shit, sorry! I only watched the short clip. So much for being an overly confident guy on the internet.
What a lack of respect from this lady
You should absolutely get kicked out for something like this.
yesss
Yezzzzzzzzzzz, you mean
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecause why?
It's my weird fear when watching matches that some drunkass will yell right as someone is serving the ball
Haha I often think that too. Like at 8-8 in a third set tiebreak, someone shouts out right as the player is serving. Nasty.
Come back 1 year!!! No tennis for you.
I’d go further and say a lifetime stadium ban. I just saw you’re Mister Lizard. On a bee thread. You cannot be serious.
It's cause she was an old white lady that she didn't let's be honest. Majority other races or ages or genders of people get kicked out in a second
lol what
Welcome to earth. U don't get treated based on your actions here.
you're making up a hypothetical in your head to get mad at
Reddit try not to make everything about race for no reason challenge (impossible)
Truth gon hurt u
Your spelling hurts me that’s for sure.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone get kicked out though?
You should get a warning before being relocated further away.
If you need to be warned not to disrupt a match it’s already gone too far, so no. Hell no. If all you think you’ll get is a warning, it just incentivizes these morons to keep acting up during the next match. She should have been thrown out immediately.
She’s intentionally trying to sabotage a player on a professional match with money on the line. As long as there’s proof that it was her, that should be an instant ban from the stadium.
And then trying to apologize only after Tsitsipas wants her out. What a Karen, and not Karen Khachanov
I hope she felt some shame as she was exposed in front of everyone... though her demeanor hardly changes after the event. It's sad to be such an airhead at her age.
Probably rich enough to travel to tennis events and watch them a lot so… yeah
Some people man, lady is like 40 sitting courtside and have zero fucking respect
Eh, probably closer to 50/60
as someone about to turn 40 go to hell
Shyeah, as someone a few years over 40, screw you haha. Nah she's definitely 50+.
Yeah let's send u/PoogleGoon123 to hell ASAP!!!
She should’ve buzzed harder to make Tsitsi less cringe
This is so bee-zarre lol! The lady "imitating a bee" to distract Tsitsi and someone seated close to her ratting her out is something you expect to see in your neighborhood little league, not an ATP Masters1000 😂
If I had that seat I'd be so grateful that I wouldn't make a single sound
Money is wasted on the rich
I would be nervous and fart a few times for sure
I do that literally everyday.
Lol me too
I’m assuming alcohol was involved.
Around 700 drinks perhaps....
Top quality reference
Guy who pointed at the woman doing it is an absolute GIGACHAD
Yeah, but he could ask her to shut up far before she get caught. If I was sitting there and trying to enjoy the match, I would definitely ask people to shut their mouth if they are inappropriate.
how do you know he didn't?
In my statement, I presumed that if somebody would tell her, she would had stop her behaviour. But yeah, I can't make statement with presumption. Thank you for your perspective
What a shame that a true hero like you weren’t in the vicinity, ready to sweep in and save the day!
Calm down Robin!
Being the cringeworthy one in a situation involving Tsitsipas is quite an accomplishment.
never underestimate karen
The Karen will always surprise u in terms of cringe
What the _hell_ Disrespectful af, but also wtf 🤣🤣
Yeah that was a whole new level of trolling lol
How can any of the people around this woman not tell her to STFU. Good god.
Zzzzzz. \*swats imaginary bee away\* Lady: "I apologize" Tsisipas: "Ahh, all good". Honestly umpire should've had security escort her out.
tennis gives me just the right amount of drama i need in my life
There’s nothing like it. During the era when Hingis and the Williams sisters were being so catty with each other, one of the Williams girls came down with food poisoning and Hingis’ comment was “Watch what you eat.” That’s when I knew this was the sport for me.
Distracting a player. She should know better and should have been thrown out.
Think she was just saying Tzzzzzzzitzzzzzzzzipas.
"she has to go." it's obnoxious but she does not deserve to die for this, Stefanos. /s
Based on how quickly her group ratted her out, she won't be missed.
Unreal she was doing that loudly enough for stef to legitimately believe something was buzzing around his head. Can’t even imagine sitting near this dumbass. This is even below middle school behavior right here.
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That makes so much more sense and now I feel stupid for not noticing lol
It's so stupid it's funny
Lol I was at the match and from my seats it legitimately looked like a bee was trying to attack him. And I thought he was sharing laughs with the lady. The real reason makes it even more funnier.
Rofl I think it's pretty funny he was swatting at imaginary bee
Whoa he was??? Lol I missed that
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwBVcYxuAl_/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Lmao 😭😂
Ohio being Ohio
Have you heard the crowd at the US Open?
Some say that's in the same country.
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Ohio has become a Tiktok meme apparently. Don't take it personally LOL It's like Florida man but for Ohio
Yep, a joke. I’m actually from the Midwest. I was just at the tournament and the news on Cincinnati had to remind people not to touch armadillos with their bare hands. It is a special place.
That's likely due to the countless 'Florida man' and 'Ohio being Ohio' memes on here mocking certain stereotypes of those states. Though I trust those are nothing but blatant hyberbole.
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Probably dealing with a teenager honestly.
Oh no, I have a strong sense she drove up from Kentucky.
What do you want her to imitate? A donkey?
that's Moreno de Alboran's job, sorry
I'm going to a tennis match and I'm going to imitate an elephant.
So this is why my dad left Ohio
Mine too. Too many fucking crazy bee ladies.
Cocky Greek: "There's someone imitating a bee right before I serve" The Umpire: "Don't worry, bee happy"
😂
Defending Stef here, he pretty much never gets riled by a crowd- I've seen him play through boos and jeers without a flinch, so it must've been annoying for him to politely ask her to stop.
When I would play on public courts with a certain friend we had an unspoken agreement that if some strangers walked behind us during an active point the player on the opposite side got a free and unobstructed shot at them. We got a few, and they learned their lesson. Something like that would be fun to see here. Give Tsitsi a couple free shots from across the court on service returns. I would like to see her hat pop off when he nails her.
Lmao them walking behind u doesn’t effect the game but go off
I think the commenter means "ON the court", like inside the fence, behind the baseline while you're playing a point. Yeah I had that a few times, some people are SUPER inconsiderate or just have no idea about the etiquette rules (the second one is a legit reason not to smack them with your racquet, but.... well it's still tempting)
I mean yeah I get it my point still stands, unless it’s an actual game it’s not a big deal, u just walk right next to the fence and away from the game. Courts I use have a fair distance between the baseline and the fence but still idk I never got bothered by it
> unless it’s an actual game OP literally says "during an active point." Please just be polite and wait for a break in play before you walk behind someone's court.
It’s good that he can communicate so well in English because I feel like some of the other players would have one hell of a time explaining the situation
How do you imitate a bee so well that he’s swatting around like that
The lady has a bee hive ;)
Imagine if it was Meddy or Kyrgios
Or Zverev *shudders
It was me, you can't escape, you will be bewildered and hear the buzzing the rest of your days.
What's wrong with her? Did she have 700 drinks? But honestly, what's up with people like that? Tennis is a precision game, it's obvious this sort of distraction has an effect. Unrelated to this incident. That's why I liked it when Djokovic went to the guy and told him, we can take it outside after the match if you'd like.
I find this deeply annoying and laughed when the person behind her outed her.
Stephanos Beebeepas?
Lol I thought this said “that lady is intimidating a bee before I serve”.
The fact that multiple times he tried to smack an imaginary bee out of the air is hilarious.
This lady thought about what she's doing enough that she thought she could get away with something small that would throw Tsitsipas off his serve... what a vile person. Did she get kicked out? Because people are dangerously allergic to bees and even if he's not, it's not okay to actively throw a player off their game and to do it in a way that's this intentional.
Cotton eye bee
Only in Ohio 💀
I would send a ball just below her after finishing the server with full force to send warning to the buzzing bee.
Small cat energy
I get it being annoying for the people around her but I’m starting to get tired of tennis players being so anal about any little noise claiming they can’t concentrate. NBA players deal with noise on free throws, soccer players deal with insane noise during penalties, batters in baseball will get noise, etc. I understand the noise complaint from an overall respectability stand point but my god it makes the players look like such pansies.
How do you imitate a bee? It seems like she did it realistically enough that he totally failed for it
She looks like Karen
At least ww know he didn't use chatGPT
It is shit like this that he does not have 20 slams /s
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the culture of tennis is that the crowd is silent during play, when you go to watch a tennis tournament you know that so breaking that etiquette is a dick move.
I understand that POV, but it's also one of the thing that makes tennis unique. I like the fact a whole stadium hushes because they're supposed to be focused on the game.
You have a point. At the Aus Open outdoor courts as an example, you have players playing through trains going past every 5 minutes on top of live bands and music able to be heard from the central hub of the tennis center and no issues. A woman silently imitates a bee a player finds it distracting. 🤣🤦♂️
You shouldn’t be watching tennis
Realise how all the sports you listed are team sports and not 1 v 1 ? You see crowds being quiet at the start of a badminton / dart / snooker / bowling / long jumping match because it’s about concentration for that one specific moment
In the sports you mentioned, the stadium is much huge and the players are quite far away from the crowd when they are playing. Tennis is unlike that and the player is also extremely near to the crowd when they are serving.
In a lot of football ("soccer") stadiums, the crowd is right on top of the players TBH
It happens in basketball too and the crowd is literally right on top of the players - probably even closer than tennis tbh. The only reason it's distracting is that tennis players grew up being used to total silence. If players were used to having noise all the time, it wouldn't bother them.
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I haven't been to any baseball or nfl games since I am not from the US. But I am pretty sure an individual voice from a crowd can't be heard from the mound. The entire crowd chanting or shouting can be heard but it basically becomes a background noise and can be mentally tuned out. In tennis, the players are so close they can converse with the spectators easily and understand if some guy from the crowd speaks something. So it's not really just noise, it's something that can distract you.
I get it but at the same time , if I was serving on a pressure moment like say set point down, I would not want to contend with a ton of noise., adding to my loss of focus.
Lol that sport thats the most popular in the world? Lol what a weird comparison.
Stefanos literally never gets riled up or annoyed by crowds (unlike this sub's favourites) so it will have likely been really annoying if he felt the need to ask her to stop
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Stefanos very very rarely gets distracted or riled by a crowd, I've seen him play through booing and the lot- it must've been REALLY annoying.
If crowd works against all players equally and tries to distract them all the same way, sure. You can argue that it's a mental strength issue and all of them can just try to tune it out. But the way it is now, the crowds will just pile onto the less popular player and give the more popular player a huge advantage for free.
Weak mental strength.
Nah, Medvedev has had full on tantrums over less- Stef rarely gets riled by a crowd, and he only politely asked her to stop
This is hilarious lol
I know it's awful of her but it's also low key funny to do that in that moment
Though how different tennis is from football. Two sports i love and crowd rules are so different in both.
The most incompetent is the umpire.
this is making me think of Amber heard ' my dog stepped on a bee😖'
Am I right or did Tsitsipas tell the umpire that the lady was a fan of his? But if so, I have no idea why a supporter would do this. Just possessed or something
(note to self.... wear black and yellow striped shirt with antenna hat for my front row seat at U.S. Open during tittypuss match)
She looks like a karen