Match point for Jack Draper in their round of 16 against Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Brit serves and goes up to the net, but the rest of the Canadian is very good, at his feet, and Draper manages the volley and the ball, with a strange trajectory, ends up on the other side of the net. Auger-Aliassime He ignored it as he saw that he had already bounced into his rival’s field, but the chair umpire deemed it valid and declared Draper the winner of the match. And that’s when the controversy erupted.
Auger-Aliassime going to Greg Allensworththe chair umpire to blame him for his decision and also exchange a series of words with his rival, in which he said that he was fully aware that the ball bounced in his field. He also requested the presence of the tournament supervisor and after asking the chair umpire one last time if he would stand by his decision, he shook hands with his rival and the match was over.
As the Canadian warned Allensworth, within minutes the action had gone viral on social networks. Reactions are immediate and Stefanos Tsitsipas He also wanted to express himself through his X account, which was definitely removed from Cincinnati by Draper, who published the British action in slow motion and a short message.
The tweet, which has already accumulated more than three million views, generated comments to which the Greek responded with another message. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a blow like this,” he posted.
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Source: La Verdad
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