United States Championship 2022

After the storm, the 16-year-old tennis player announced: the coach and my father will no longer pat my butt

Sarah Bielek, whose video of her father and coach "celebrating" her victory caused an uproar online, responded to the affair: "It won't happen again. If it was in the Czech Republic, no one would talk about it. But we're in America."

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01/09/2022

Thursday, 01 September 2022, 11:31 Updated: 11:53

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Disturbing video: father and coach of 16-year-old tennis player Sara Bielek inappropriately "celebrate" the achievement with her (from the broadcast of the game on TV)

Czech tennis player Sarah Bielek was very surprised to find out that the video in which her father and coach "congratulated" her after the victory went viral, and even caused a stir on social networks.

As you may remember, at the beginning of the week the 16-year-old Bailak managed to qualify for the main draw of the US Championship, after winning three matches in the qualifiers, including a victory in the third round over the British Heather Watson. This is an excellent achievement for the girl, which is not only worth tens of thousands of dollars, but also First qualification in her career for a Grand Slam tournament. The problem was in the "celebrations" after the victory, during which both her coach (Yakob Kahon) and her father (Jaroslav Bielek) were seen patting her on the butt several times, in a video that drew quite a few upset reactions from surfers all over the world who called the blessings of the father and the coach as "sexual harassment".

Czech tennis player Sara Bielek celebrates with her father, in a video that caused a stir on the Internet (photo: screenshot, from the TV broadcasts)

Czech tennis player Sarah Bielek celebrates with her coach, in a video that caused a stir on the Internet (photo: screenshot, from the TV broadcasts)

Czech tennis player Sara Bielek with her father and coach, in photos from her Instagram account (photo: official website, Instagram)

Bailak had to respond to the storm, explaining: "It was a spontaneous reaction from the whole team, we were all happy... It may seem unnatural and cause discomfort to some people, but we have all already talked about it in the team. It won't happen again."

By the way, Bailak lost her match in the first round, when she was defeated 6:1, 6:3 by Ludmila Samsonova, but she earned 80 thousand dollars just for qualifying, and quite a few ranking points.

According to her, "My father will always be my father. And the coach, I've known him since I was 8 years old. He takes care of me, sends me messages, writes to me... If something similar happened in the Czech Republic, no one would talk about it . But because we are in America, everyone reacts."

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