Widge Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just saw that there - what a sore one for the umpire! But if he is fit to carry on his job why did he need to disqualify the Canadian? Because he's cunted him in the face with a tennis ball. It's like a football player deliberately booting the ball as hard as he can at the referee. That's a sending off, but you can't do that in tennis, so it's a disqualification. That's the rules, plain and simple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenElves Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, throbber said: Just saw that there - what a sore one for the umpire! But if he is fit to carry on his job why did he need to disqualify the Canadian? I'm not confident he was fit to carry on with his job. His eye was already closing up about 2 minutes after he was hit, he would have barely been able to see out of that eye. He was in total shock as well(understandably) -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I'm not confident he was fit to carry on with his job. His eye was already closing up about 2 minutes after he was hit, he would have barely been able to see out of that eye. He was in total shock as well(understandably) Getting hit by a ball at that speed, especially in the face hurts a lot. I'm talking from experience, so there's not doubt he'd be a bit shell shocked. Whilst not quite cricket ball sore, tennis balls go rock solid at speed and can do some serious damage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 6 hours ago, throbber said: Just saw that there - what a sore one for the umpire! But if he is fit to carry on his job why did he need to disqualify the Canadian? He had no choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The umpire is not a throbber, however. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Throbber thinks he just has to shout the scores out. ETA the umpire not throbber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The boy wasn't aiming for the umpire, but that is irrelevant. Once you touch a line judge or umpire you are defaulted. Djokovic had a game penalty in his last match against Murray, for hitting the ball on purpose into his box. An umpire in a woman's match last year absolutely bottled defaulting a player when she flung her racquet and it hit a line judge. Nalbandian, Henman, Tarango and McEnroe have all been defaulted in the past. Andy Murray was very close to being defaulted in Cincinatti last year, when he volleyed a tennis ball and it whizzed past the umpire. If it hit the umpire he would have been defaulted. As well as fines, possible bans and loss of prize money you would also lose all ranking points earned at the tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, Loki said: Andy Murray was very close to being defaulted in Cincinatti last year, when he volleyed a tennis ball and it whizzed past the umpire. If it hit the umpire he would have been defaulted. As well as fines, possible bans and loss of prize money you would also lose all ranking points earned at the tournament. Yup, that was an absolute beauty as well. I remember howling at the umpires reaction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 The boy wasn't aiming for the umpire, but that is irrelevant. Once you touch a line judge or umpire you are defaulted. Djokovic had a game penalty in his last match against Murray, for hitting the ball on purpose into his box. An umpire in a woman's match last year absolutely bottled defaulting a player when she flung her racquet and it hit a line judge. Nalbandian, Henman, Tarango and McEnroe have all been defaulted in the past. Andy Murray was very close to being defaulted in Cincinatti last year, when he volleyed a tennis ball and it whizzed past the umpire. If it hit the umpire he would have been defaulted. As well as fines, possible bans and loss of prize money you would also lose all ranking points earned at the tournament. Serena not defaulted a few years back in the US Open for having a meltdown at the line judge? Or was that just a game concession? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, lichtie23 said: Serena not defaulted a few years back in the US Open for having a meltdown at the line judge? Or was that just a game concession? She was given a point penalty when match point down for going on a swearing tirade against a line judge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 She was given a point penalty when match point down for going on a swearing tirade against a line judge. That was it! I remember the meltdown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 18 minutes ago, throbber said: I watched the Henman and the Nalbandian clips on youtube earlier. Nalbandian got frustrated and kicked out at an advertising board and there was an old guy sitting behind it who got a right sore one and a bleeding knee. That Andy Murray clip is quite funny. He smashed through the fronting of the line judge's chair - while leading, btw! - and gashed the official's shin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanQP Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 The officials need to grow a pair tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 The rule seems fair enough but if a player is stretching and going all out for a shot, but accidentally slices it and it hits the umpire it's pretty harsh if that's a disqualification. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 51 minutes ago, Big Fifer said: The rule seems fair enough but if a player is stretching and going all out for a shot, but accidentally slices it and it hits the umpire it's pretty harsh if that's a disqualification. That wouldn't be though, since they are playing a legitimate shot. The penalty is for when the ball is hit in anger after the point is over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: That wouldn't be though, since they are playing a legitimate shot. The penalty is for when the ball is hit in anger after the point is over. Ah OK, I was under the assumption it was hitting an official that was the offence, although in retrospect that was a silly assumption to make as any player who can hit the ball really hard runs a pretty high chance of hitting somebody at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Just now, Big Fifer said: Ah OK, I was under the assumption it was hitting an official that was the offence, although in retrospect that was a silly assumption to make as any player who can hit the ball really hard runs a pretty high chance of hitting somebody at some point. There would be a default in nearly every men's match at Wimbledon due to the number of Line Judges getting scudded by serves! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 There would be a default in nearly every men's match at Wimbledon due to the number of Line Judges getting scudded by serves! Raonic would be in the jail by now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Andy announced the line up for his Andy Murray Live event this November, this year he has managed to get Roger Federer to take part. Will have to seriously consider going this year, not everyday you get the chance to see two of the best in the world playing on your own doorstep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 The umpire who was "cunted in the face" has had surgery to repair a fractured eye socket.Davis Cup: Umpire Arnaud Gabas has surgery to repair fractured eye socket - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38950726 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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