Tamara Korpatsch’s trip to the French Open third round came with a post-match chill, not a sportsmanlike handshake. After a three-set win over 32nd seed Wang Xinyu on Wednesday, the German skipped the usual gesture, saying she felt wrongly cast as a rule-bender over a disputed line call late in the first set, reports Reuters. Wang had walked around the net to inspect the ball mark on Korpatsch’s side, earning a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct and setting the tone for a tense finish on Court 7.
Korpatsch insisted the shot was out, noting the chair umpire checked the mark and TV replays with Hawk-Eye showed the ball just outside the line. She said Wang later suggested she wasn’t fair, a claim Korpatsch rejected: “There are cameras on court and they can check everything… For me, it would be embarrassing to cheat like that.” The French Open, unlike other majors, still relies on clay marks rather than fully electronic line calls, leaving room for disputes. You can see the non-handshake here. Korpatsch, in her first third round at Roland Garros, next faces No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina.
