内容摘要：Betis’ players react after loosing the Europa Conference League final soccer match between Real Betis and Chelsea in Wroclaw, Poland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Betis’ players react after loosing the Europa Conference League final soccer match between Real Betis and Chelsea in Wroclaw, Poland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

For Mensík on Tuesday, the jeers began every time he hit the ball during the warmup ahead of his 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 win over France’s Müller. More arrived once play began, accompanying each of his 20 aces or just when he simply walked— a routine part of clay-court tennis.

After taking the third set, Mensík gave the boo birds a little bit back, waving his right index finger as if it were a baton conducting an orchestra, a move he learned from Djokovic.“Sometimes,” Mensík said of the crowd, “it is too far.”Still, there are those who shrug it all off.

“That’s part of tennis, especially here. My opponent had her fans here; I have mine in Belgium. It’s normal,” said Elise Mertens, the 24th-seeded Belgian who was a semifinalist at the 2018 Australian Open and lost Tuesday to Lois Boisson of France at Court 14. “Fans were loud but not insulting. I didn’t feel any particular hostility.”There are two sides to the loud backing French players receive.

It “makes you feel like you could reach for the stars,” said the highest-ranked French woman, Varvara Gracheva, who acknowledged that support also can become a burden.

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