Putintseva rides hostile Melbourne crowd to reach Australian Open fourth round
Kazakhstani player Yulia Putintseva defeated Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 6-7(3-7), 6-3 to reach the Australian Open fourth round, then cupped her ear and performed a provocative hip shake near her bench as the Turkish-supported crowd booed, embracing the hostile atmosphere and adding to her reputation as tennis’s unapologetic “bad girl” after a past incident.