Ex-American tennis stars rip reporter over question to Amanda Anisimova

Former American tennis stars John Isner and Tennys Sandgren slammed a reporter’s enactment of questioning aimed astatine Amanda Anisimova connected Thursday portion she was astatine the Australian Open.

Anisimova was pressed by a newsman to stock her thoughts astir the U.S. and playing nether the American flag. She didn’t springiness the newsman the bait and helium clarified what helium meant successful a follow-up ask.

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John Isner of the United States serves against Michael Mmoh of the United States connected time 4 of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tourney astatine the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center connected Aug. 31, 2023. (Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sports)

"In the discourse of the past twelvemonth of everything that’s been happening successful the U.S., does that complicate that feeling astatine all?" the newsman asked.

"I don’t deliberation that’s relevant," she fired back.

Isner was among those who ripped the question connected societal media.

"Popular opinion: Let’s inquire tennis questions to the players astatine a tennis tournament. This is truthful lame," Isner wrote connected X.

Sandgren didn’t mince words either.

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Tennys Sandgren of the United States reacts against James Duckworth of Australia (not pictured) during the Citi Open astatine Rock Creek Park Tennis Center connected Aug. 3, 2021. (Scott Taetsch/USA TODAY Sports)

"Bug reporter," helium added. "Go constitute for the Economist if you person the chops. If not inquire her however her backhand felt and determination on."

Anisimova’s reply was a stark opposition from what Coco Gauff said during the tourney earlier this week.

Gauff was asked astir her thoughts connected the "state of the U.S." 1 twelvemonth into President Donald Trump’s 2nd term.

"I anticipation guardant that we tin person a batch much bid successful our state and much kindness successful the mode we talk to each different astir antithetic topics and things similar that," she said, via The Tennis Letter. "Obviously, I’ve been beauteous vocal astir however I felt. At this point, I consciousness a spot fatigued talking astir it conscionable due to the fact that of the information that it is hard besides being a Black pistillate successful this state and having to acquisition things, adjacent online, and seeing marginalized communities being affected. And knowing that I tin lone donate and talk out. I effort my champion to bash that.

Amanda Anisimova of the United States successful enactment against Simona Waltert of Switzerland successful the archetypal circular connected Day 2 of the 2026 Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park connected Jan. 19, 2026 successful Melbourne, Australia. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

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"But, yeah, I anticipation that arsenic clip continues that we tin scope a authorities that we’re not presently in, and we support moving forward. I posted the video of Martin Luther King and that was benignant of saying, ‘We indispensable support moving forward,’ adjacent arsenic things whitethorn not beryllium arsenic calm arsenic I’d similar it to beryllium close now."

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