Absolutely disgusting article reeking with disdain towards both players - tennis fans slam news agency for piece on Serena Williams and Danka Kovinic × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Tennis US Open 2022 News Absolutely disgusting article reeking with disdain towards both players - tennis fans slam news agency for piece on Serena Williams and Danka Kovinic By Vedant Chandel Modified 28 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Danka Kovinic will take on Serena Williams in the opening round of the 2022 US Open The tennis world is eagerly awaiting the start of the 2022 US Open — and even more so, to witness Serena Williams take to the court in her last professional tennis tournament. Williams, who announced her decision to hang up her racket after New York, is scheduled to play Montenegrin Danka Kovinic in the opening round of her home Slam. The tennis match, which could be one of the last in the American's long and illustrious career, has generated plenty of media attention — and understandably so. Kovinic herself spoke about the clamor surrounding the match, saying it made her feel both happy and slightly stressed. Tennis fans online, however, have noticed some tasteless media coverage leading up to this highly-anticipated first-round US Open encounter. Several, including the likes of Kovinic's fellow WTA player Ellen Perez, took to Twitter to slam London-based news agency Reuters for one particular piece, entitled "Kovinic who? Unknown from Montenegro prepares to send Serena into retirement" — taking objection to the manner in which the headline and article spoke lowly of Kovinic's accomplishments as a tennis player. Describing both the headline and the article as "disgusting," Perez said the piece belittled Kovinic's achievements — which as she pointed out in a subsequent tweet included being a former top-50 player, reaching four WTA finals and having big wins over the likes of Petra Kvitova, Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu. Ellen Perez@EllenPerez95@Reuters Your headline and entire article where you belittle Kovinic’ achievements is disgusting.57023@Reuters Your headline and entire article where you belittle Kovinic’ achievements is disgusting. Ellen Perez@EllenPerez95@DCahillsucks @Reuters -Top 50-Wins against: Pliskova, Bencic, Vinci, Kvitova, Radacanu, Jabeur, Puig, Sakkari, Rogers and Fernandez- 4 WTA finals- AO and Roland Garros third rounds I mean being top 100 and direct entry into slams is an achievement in itself and warrants respect.12@DCahillsucks @Reuters -Top 50-Wins against: Pliskova, Bencic, Vinci, Kvitova, Radacanu, Jabeur, Puig, Sakkari, Rogers and Fernandez- 4 WTA finals- AO and Roland Garros third rounds I mean being top 100 and direct entry into slams is an achievement in itself and warrants respect. "Your headline and entire article where you belittle Danka Kovinic’ achievements is disgusting," Perez wrote on Twitter. "Top 50 -Wins against: Pliskova, Bencic, Vinci, Kvitova, Radacanu, Jabeur, Puig, Sakkari, Rogers and Fernandez - 4 WTA finals - AO and Roland Garros third rounds. I mean being top 100 and direct entry into slams is an achievement in itself and warrants respect," the Aussie further wrote in response to a fan's tweet. Perez's tweet seemingly opened the floodgates for others, with netizens coming forward with criticism of the way the piece was presented — with many variously dubbing it as "gross" and "disgraceful." Erika@erikaxtc@Reuters This headline is simply GROSS. Have some respect.21@Reuters This headline is simply GROSS. Have some respect. Isabelle@ievmartin@Reuters Absolutely disgusting article reeking with disdain towards BOTH players. Disgraceful.16@Reuters Absolutely disgusting article reeking with disdain towards BOTH players. Disgraceful. Fans also flagged the apparent lack of tennis knowledge on the part of the agency correspondent, who failed to highlight Kovinic's on-court accomplishments. Putting a spin on the headline itself, one Twitter user wrote: "Reuters who?" Megooeldzzz@megooeldzzz@Reuters REUTERS, you call yourself a Media & News Company?? And Twitter needs to tell you who the professional tennis player you posted is?? … Reuters Who?232@Reuters REUTERS, you call yourself a Media & News Company?? And Twitter needs to tell you who the professional tennis player you posted is?? … Reuters Who? Luna@LunaN55762011@Reuters So you folks at Reuters started watching tennis when Serena announced her retirement? How rude but most of all embarrassing.101@Reuters So you folks at Reuters started watching tennis when Serena announced her retirement? How rude but most of all embarrassing. Serena Williams and Danka Kovinic to open Monday s night session at US Open Serena Williams and Danka Kovinic will open the evening session on Arthur Ashe on Monday Meanwhile, as per the schedule of play released by the US Open earlier this week, Kovinic will take on Serena Williams in the first match of the evening session at the Arthur Ashe Stadium — the main show court of the Billie Jean King Tennis Center — on Monday. Williams is playing in her 21st US Open main draw event and has lifted the trophy on six prior occasions. Kovinic, meanwhile, will make her fifth main draw appearance at Flushing Meadows. Her best performance has been reaching the second round on two occasions — 2015 and 2020. The evening session at the Arthur Ashe Stadium gets underway at 7 pm local time. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Nihal Taraporvala × Feedback Thank You! 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