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Novak Djokovic kills a linesman at the US Open on Sunday night and is disqualified. It wasn’t on purpose, but the Serb has to bear the reproach of not being in control at times. Like five other (former) tennis stars who had attacked a referee in the past.
Like Djokovic, Denis Shapovalov suffered a frustrated knockdown of the ball in early 2017. In the Davis Cup match against Great Britain, the then 17-year-old loses his temper after a mistake and throws a ball into the air with full force. But Shapovalov doesn’t get very far: he hits the chair umpire in the eye. As with Djokovic, the blonde cannot be accused of intent, but is consequently disqualified. The referee even has to operate his eye.
It was also very stupid for David Nalbandian in the 2012 Queens final. Despite the lead over Marin Cilic, the Argentine is carried away by an outburst after a lost point: he climbs on an advertising cover right off the field, and probably forget about it. there is a linesman directly behind him. Nalbandian hits the referee on the shin, which begins to bleed. Nalbandian immediately apologizes, but here too it is clear: the chair umpire must stop play.
Belgian spur Xavier Malisse no longer has his temper in check in Miami in 2005 when he disagrees with the decisions of a linesman. He throws a ball in her direction and insults her, after which the linesman informs the referee of Malisse’s behavior. When he is punished, Malisse is completely wrong and seems to be about to go to the supervisor’s neck. The Belgian is finally disqualified and then sanctioned for four weeks for “misconduct”.
Daniil Medvedev got away with a black eye – or a loss of points – earlier this year when he slammed twice into referee Mohamed Lahyani’s chair at the ATP Cup in the match against Diego Schwartzman.
Karolina Pliskova hit the referee’s chair not two, but three times in May 2018 after the then world No. 1 lost her game to Maria Sakkari. Pliskova is upset green and blue for a wrong decision at the score of 5: 5 and 30:30 in the third set, the chair even has a hole after the tantrum.
Shots are not uncommon in tennis and it is almost a miracle that players like John McEnroe, Nick Kyrgios or Victor Troicki don’t find a place on this list. But when it comes to emotional outbursts, it’s like Grand Slam titles: Serena Williams is No. 1. Her threat to a linesman in the 2009 US Open semifinals is unforgettable: “I swear I cursed you for one of these Pushes balls into the neck. ”This results in a point deduction, and because opponent Kim Clijsters has a match point, the game is over.
Nine years later, Williams was a better one in the same place: in the final against Naomi Osaka, referee Carlos Ramos called referee Carlos Ramos a “thief” and a “liar” because he subtracted a point from the American after repeated lack of control. When Ramos even issued a game penalty, Serena finally broke her neck. She accuses the referee of sexism because she knows men who would not have been punished for much worse things on the field. After the lost final, Williams announced: “I will continue my fight for women and for equality.”
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