Goerges Admonishes Pro-Romanian Crowd after Bucharest Final
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Julia teaching the crowd with class 🙃 pic.twitter.com/gXQRR2ljjC
— thomas (@thomashwkt) July 23, 2017After a tough loss to Irina-Camelia Begu in the Bucharest final, Germany’s Julia Goerges lectured Romanian fans about sportsmanship. She simply could not resist.“I’m a bit disappointed about the cheering from you guys,” Goerges said. “I know it’s tough and you always go with your home country people and I totally agree [with that] but sometimes think about sportsmanship and being respectful to the opponent, too.”There were differing opinions to Goerges' lecture on Twitter:Love Julia #Goerges, but that comment to the crowd was unnecessary IMHO…#Begu is Romanian and obvious the crowd would cheer for her.
— José Carlos Medina (@JCMLV) July 23, 2017
This was unnecessary dear Goerges
— Lodo is proud of Rog (@lodotennis) July 23, 2017
Was it a sound move by Julia, or does she need to develop thicker skin when playing on "the road?" ]]>
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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