Tempers Flare As Naomi Broady Upset Her Opponent Didn’t Get Thrown Out For Hitting A Ballboy With Racquet [Video]

Controversy brewed yesterday in Auckland during Noami Broady’s win over Jelena Ostapenko. The two were embroiled in a tight second set tiebreaker when Ostpenko flung her racquet hitting a ballboy.

By rule, that’s an automatic disqualification as Broady argued. But the chair umpire didn’t see it or saw it as accidental.

“You’ll see on the replay, there’s no way it was accidental. She threw the racquet and it hit the ball boy,” Broady said.

Broady went on to win the match 46, 76(4), 75 and then let the Latvian have a piece of her mind at the end, telling her she should have been defaulted.

In a series of tweets, the British Broady added her thoughts:

“1-Just to put the record straight,it was not me causing an argument after the match.I was told how terrible my behaviour was frm my opponent

“2-Its hard to know when to stick up for yourself and when to keep your mouth shut. I’m human. We live and learn

“3- thanks to everyone in the WTA community and on social media who support me. #ontothenextone”

Several players also came to the defense of Broady, and some accused Ostapenko of previous bad behavior.

Well done @NaomiBroady U got it right way girl!☝️👏

— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) January 6, 2016

Weldone @NaomiBroady !!! You got the best answer to such a behaviour !!

— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) January 6, 2016

@NaomiBroady @WTA_insider It's not her first time to behave like this! I experimented that too at wimbly last year👎!Great fight& win girl!

— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) January 6, 2016

@KikiMladenovic @NaomiBroady @WTA_insider same here!! Horrible behavior during our match at the U.S. Open. So disrespectful. Well done Naomi

— Julia Glushko (@JulGlushko) January 6, 2016

Well done @NaomiBroady U got it right way girl!☝️👏

— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) January 6, 2016

Broady beat Ana Ivanovic in her opening match. She’ll face Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals.