{"id":304517,"date":"2023-06-05T21:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=304517"},"modified":"2023-06-06T00:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T00:59:50","slug":"unbelievable-star-fumes-at-bizarre-umpire-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=304517","title":{"rendered":"'Unbelievable': Star fumes at bizarre umpire call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina was devastated about losing his fourth-round match to Holger Rune<\/a> of Denmark in a fifth-set tiebreaker at Roland-Garros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also was mad at chair umpire Kader Nouni for missing a double-bounce on a point that was awarded to Rune early in his 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) victory.<\/p>\n

They were tied at a set apiece and on serve at 2-1 for the No.6-seeded Rune early in the third at Court Suzanne Lenglen when the point of contention happened.<\/p>\n

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Cerundolo, who was serving at deuce, hit a forehand that skidded low at the baseline and quickly bounced a second time \u2014 which normally would have meant that the point was his.<\/p>\n

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But Rune went ahead and got his racquet on the ball, sending it back over the net. At about the same time, No.23 seed Cerundolo was saying \u201csorry\u201d to apologise for the odd way his forehand made the ball skim across the clay.<\/p>\n

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Nouni was not immediately aware of the double-bounce, thought the ball was still in play and called Cerundolo for hindrance for talking during a point. That meant Rune got the point, and when he won the next one, too, he had a service break.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was unbelievable, because it was a clear double-bounce. I was mad at the umpire because he has to see it,\u201d Cerundolo said. \u201cIt\u2019s his fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In tennis, electronic line-calling is used at many tournaments to make line calls, but replays are not used to check things like double-bounces or whether a point should be lost because a player touches the net, which is not allowed.<\/p>\n

And while Cerundolo put the onus on the official, he also thought Rune could have ceded the point because of the double-bounce.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor sure, I wish he would have done that, because it was a big moment,\u201d Cerundolo said.<\/p>\n

Rune, who moved into a match-up against No.4 Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals, said he saw a replay after the following point, and \u201csaw it was a double bounce. But the point already happened, and he called the score. So I felt sorry".<\/p>\n

But, Rune added: \u201cThis is tennis. This is sports. Some umpires, they make mistakes. Some for me; some for him. That\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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