Tennis
VIDEO. He hit the ball in the referee’s face. Polmans disqualified from Shanghai tournament
Australian tennis player Mark Polmans He was disqualified for hitting the chair umpire with a tennis ball during the Shanghai Masters qualifying match.
Polmans, who made the score 6-6 in the second set tiebreak against Italian Stefano Napolitano in the qualifying final, made a mistake at the net and wanted to throw the ball out of the court in frustration, but hit the referee directly. to your face. In a non-match moment, this means immediate disqualification of the athlete.
Note that Mark won the first set and would have won a match point had it not been for this mistake.
🚨 DISQUALIFICATION 🚨
Marc Polmans missed the volley on match point 7-6(3), 6-6 (6-5) and then accidentally hit the referee.
As a result, Stefano Napolitano advanced to main rule in Shanghai.pic.twitter.com/9izXBA1BOl
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) October 3, 2023
Source: Sport UA
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