‘I couldn’t breathe’

Garbine Muguruza did not like how her topsyturvy fourthround match at the US Open against Barbora Krejcikova ended And that was not just because Muguruza lostIt also had to do with what Krejcikova did toward the end of her 63 76 4 victory that finished after 1 am as Sunday became Mondaymdashbehaviour that twotime major title winner Muguruza told the reigning French Open champion was ldquoso unprofessionalrdquo during a briefascanbe handshake at the netTold by a reporter afterward that she seemed upset twotime major champion Muguruza replied ldquoWell I think between players you know a little bit how to behave in certain moments and yeah I wasnrsquot very happy at the end of the matchrdquoMedical timeoutThe eighthseeded Krejcikova took a medical timeout while down 65 in the second set after saying she wanted to see the trainer When play resumed after the break Krejcikova won seven points in a row She also angered the ninthseeded Muguruza by taking her time between points down the stretch slowly walking over to her towel When the match was done Krejcikova stayed in her sideline chair hunched over until eventually leaving the court with some assistance and looking wobblyAlso Read Wimbledon 2017 champion Garbine Muguruza shocked by Ons JabeurA visibly upset Garbine Muguruza during her defeat to Barbora KrejcikovaShe did not appear at a postmatch news conference In comments distributed by the US Tennis Association Krejcikova said ldquoAt the end I was really struggling and I feel really bad right now I donrsquot really know what happened but I couldnrsquot breathe I started to feel dizzy and the whole world was shaking It never happened to me beforerdquoKrejcikova is headed to the US Open quarterfinals in her singles debut at the hardcourt Grand Slam tournament Krejcikova had participated in the main draw of singles at only four Slamsmdashtwo each at the Australian Open and French Openmdashbefore collecting the title at Roland Garros in June She also won her third Grand Slam doubles trophy in ParisKrejcikovarsquos super runKrejcikova then got to the fourth round in her first singles appearance at Wimbledon in July and added this run at Flushing Meadows The Czech star plays No 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday for a spot in the semis Muguruza won the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017 and she was the runnerup at the Australian Open last year But she has never made it past the fourth round in nine US OpenAlso Read Garbine Muguruza Many world problems can be addressed through educationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever