Tennis star mocks jeering crowd with provocative dance after Australian Open victory

An Australian Open lucifer rapidly turned idiosyncratic for Yulia Putintseva.

The Kazakh went against Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey, who seemingly had the location assemblage by her side.

Much of the assemblage was filled with Turkish flags for the match, but the fans went location disappointed aft Putintseva earned a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory.

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Yulia Putintseva reacts aft winning her lucifer against Zeynep Sonmez and moving to the 4th circular of the Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park successful Melbourne, Australia connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Mark Avellino/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Upon jeers from the assemblage pursuing the win, Putintseva cupped her manus to her receptor to mock the fans, resulting successful large boos.

After shaking hands with Sonmez, she past danced provocatively adjacent her bench.

"Honestly, it was a truly brainsick ambiance here. Look astatine them (Turkish fans). They’re precise passionate astir what they’re doing. It’s precise large to see, particularly against me, due to the fact that I emotion this benignant of battle."

While her comments connected the fans were successful bully spirits, she took a changeable astatine the fans disconnected the tribunal aft claiming they had been disrespectful.

Yulia Putintseva points to fans aft winning her lucifer against Zeynep Sonmez and moving to the 4th circular of the Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park successful Melbourne, Australia connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Mark Avellino/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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"What tin I do? It’s conscionable immoderate radical person acquisition of tennis and, unfortunately, immoderate of them not," she told reporters, via the New York Post. "But I’m precise blessed that I kept my calm, due to the fact that Yulia past twelvemonth would astir apt propulsion thing astatine them."

Putintseva's champion satellite ranking is 20th, which she earned past year. This is the furthest she has precocious astatine the Australian Open. She has besides reached the quarterfinals of some the French Open and the U.S. Open. She has 3 WTA titles to her name.

Yulia Putintseva reacts to the assemblage aft winning her lucifer against Zeynep Sonmez astatine the Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park successful Melbourne, Australia connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Mark Avellino/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Putintseva volition instrumentality connected American Iva Jovic connected Saturday.

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