Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Sports
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The WTA has apologized and admitted it did not tell players their on-court conversations during practice sessions at the WTA Finals were being broadcast.
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conversations → apologize → Finals
A controversy has erupted in Indian Wells after Jessica Pegula was heard on the WTA’s YouTube livestream making derogatory comments about Mirra Andreeva and her coach, Conchita Martínez.
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Pegula → erupt → Andreeva
A conversation between Pegula and her coach, Mark Knowles, has been widely scrutinized, with the American criticizing the attitude of the Russian.
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American → scrutinize → Russian
Pegula can clearly be heard calling the 19-year-old a “diva” and saying she has lost respect for former Wimbledon champion Martínez for not calling out her behavior.
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she → hear → behavior
“If I was a coach and my girl, you just played four great games, and you’re up four-zero, and you’re mad at me, hitting balls at me, I would be like, first of all, [that’s] disrespectful to the other person,” Pegula said.
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Pegula → play → person
“You’re up 4-0, shut the fuck up.
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You → ’re → fuck
Pegula goes on to say Andreeva would be better than her fellow American Coco Gauff if she had the same mentality.
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she → go → mentality
Another practice session, meanwhile, saw world No 1 Elena Rybakina having an apparent spat with her coach.
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Rybakina → see → coach
A spokesperson for the governing body said: “The WTA takes full responsibility for failing to inform our players and their teams that microphones, in place to give fans a livestream of the players’ practice, were active on the courts at the WTA Finals.
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microphones → govern → Finals
“We sincerely apologize for failing to meet our responsibility to ensure players and coaches were properly informed.”
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players → apologize → responsibility
The tour had intended for the microphones to capture ambient sounds from the court and has acknowledged it failed to ensure the appropriate safeguards were in place.
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safeguards → intend → place
The WTA said it would continue to livestream practice sessions but without audio.
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it → say → audio
The WTA Finals, which feature the year’s top eight singles players and doubles teams, begin on Sunday.
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which → feature → Sunday
Pegula and Andreeva have been drawn in different groups and cannot meet until the semi-finals.
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Pegula → draw → finals
The incidents follow a debate at the Australian Open in January around the broadcasting of backstage areas, with Gauff annoyed after being filmed smashing her racket in what she thought was a private area.
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she → follow → racket
Gauff called for more privacy, while former world No 1 Iga Świątek said players were being treated like animals in a zoo.
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players → call → zoo
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