Austrian world No.4 Dominic Thiem, Kristina Mladenovic’s boyfriend, was forced to leave his press conference early to give room to Serena Williams on Saturday at the French Open. The incident frustrated Thiem and legendary Rogers Federer publicly took the side of his fellow ATP player.
After Williams suffered her earliest Grand Slam exit since 2014, losing to youngster Sofia Kenin in the third round, the 23-time major champion urged tournament staff to start her press conference right away, so Thiem was forced to end his presser and make way for his WTA colleague.