Wimbledon 2024: Chris Everts’ big commentary slip-up on Jasmine Paolini leaves tennis fans screaming with anger

It looks like the controversies among commentators are far from over. John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova have come under scrutiny several times for their commentary skills at the ongoing Wimbledon Championships. While McEnroe has been accused of constantly tweeting during points, Navratilova’s age-old stories have not impressed fans. Some time ago, another major mistake occurred at the summit meeting between Jasmine Paolini And Barbora Krejcikova. Chris Evert was the commentator who stayed under the radar this time, and fans criticized her for this mistake.

Evert is one of the commentators in today’s women’s singles final. However, she has trouble pronouncing Paolini’s name correctly and calls her “Paolina” instead. Fans were upset about this on social media, which led to strong reactions. One of the fans asked on Twitter: “Any bets on how many times Chris Evert will say ‘Paolina’ at the end of this game?”

On the other hand, a fan had a simple suggestion for Evert, who was struggling with Paolini’s name. The suggestion was: “Chris Evert could just call them Barbora and Jasmine instead of constantly defaced ‘Paolini,’ right? I mean… Paulina and Payoleenee aren’t enough.” Evert is commenting on ESPN’s Wimbledon broadcast in the United States. With so much at stake, fans will not tolerate such slip-ups, and one of them criticized her, saying: “Chris Evert about @espn Not being able to pronounce ‘Paolini’ is a disgrace. Paolina? Paoli? Seriously?.”

It is common practice for commentators to memorize players’ names before the game. However, it looked like Evert missed that, and one fan told her she should have learned to pronounce Paolini’s name before the summit. While Evert pronounced Paolini’s name as “Paolina” on one occasion, on another occasion she stretched it and pronounced it as “Paolineeeee”. This frustrated one Twitter user who commented: “How many ways can Chrissie Evert deface Paolini’s name?! Do it right!!!”

This is a developing story…