Young tennis pros get into shoving match at Henderson Open
If it’s true you can tell a lot from a person’s handshake, it can be assumed that young tennis players Katherine Sebov of Canada and American Alycia Parks don’t care for each other.
After Sebov, 20, defeated the 18-year-old Parks on Saturday in a second-round match at the $60,000 Henderson Tennis Open at DragonRidge Country Club, the two got into an altercation after shaking hands at the net. Words were exchanged and the players can be seen shoving in a video.
A tournament spokesman said the two had met in the semifinals of a tournament in Redding, California, in September. Parks won, and bad blood between the two might have carried over to the event at DragonRidge Country Club, the spokesman said.
Parks’ father, Michael, can be seen on the video supporting his daughter and shouting at the chair umpire.
Alycia Parks later posted on her Twitter account about the incident: “After the last point I walked to the net (and) the opponent slapped my hand and squeezed it harder then anyone else with aggression. I told the ref what happened … that’s why he climbed down from his chair before we could even shake.”
So about this whole video situation after the last point I walked to the net the opponent slapped my hand and squeezed it harder then anyone else with aggression I told the ref what happened if you could see that’s why he climbed down from his chair before we could even shake
— Alycia.parks (@alycia91838799) November 8, 2019
Parks also accused Sebov’s mother of coaching Sebov during the match, which is illegal.
