Aryna Sabalenka has been criticised for appearing to pretend urinate on her runner-up trophy at the Australian Open.

Aryna Sabalenka threw her racket on the sideline. She sat on her bench with a towel over her head. She then even briefly walked off the court before the trophy ceremony when her bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship ended with a 6-3,

Play has started in the Australian Open women’s final between Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys. Top-ranked Sabalenka is serving first after Keys won the coin toss and elected to receive on Saturday. Sabalenka hopes to do something no woman has in more than a quarter of a century: win a third consecutive singles champion at Melbourne Park.

Novak Djokovic rounded on his critics on Saturday the day after retiring injured in his Australian Open semi-final after the first set against Alexander Zverev to boos from the crowd at the tournament he has won 10 times.