We've seen a few gaffes at this year's Wimbledon Championships and the latest one came in Paula Badosa's press conference.
A few days ago a reporter embarrassed his tennis knowledge by addressing Victoria Azarenka as if she was from Russia. She's actually from Belarus which she told the reporter with an astonished look on her face. Something similar happened to her compatriot Aryna Sabalenka who was interviewed following her 2nd round match earlier today.
The reporter said that Sabalenka was probably hopeful of doing better at Wimbledon than she did last year which is funny because she didn't play last year. Her good friend Paula Badosa experienced a similar embarrassing situation in her post-match press conference. The Spaniard was playing against Marta Kostyuk, injuring herself in the match and retiring from the match early in the second set.
In the post-match press conference, Badosa endured a rather cringey exchange with a reporter who was apparently not aware of how the match went. The presser opened with the reporter literally congratulating Badosa on her win.
It's very hard to explain the situation in words and the transcript of the exchange below should give you some second-hand embarrassment because it was very awkward. To help you get in the mood we also have the video of the exchange at the end of the piece.
Q. Congrats for your win.
PAULA BADOSA: I lost.
Q. You missed some matches because of injury.
PAULA BADOSA: Yes.
Q. Could you please tell us about your fitness and confidence level, please.
PAULA BADOSA: For your information, I just lost. I didn't win. So, yeah.
THE MODERATOR: She didn't win.
Q. Not win?
PAULA BADOSA: No
The reporter then proceeded to still ask the same questions asked above. Badosa was a good sport and responded to the question.
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