2024-08-18 14:26:40
He tennis experienced one of its biggest controversies of the year at the ATP Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and Novak Djokovic, Always committed to the development of sport, He was quick to express his outrage and demand changes. in the regulations.
This happened after a Wrong decision by chair umpire Greg Allensworth in the match between Jack Draper and Felix Auger- Aliassimewhich lit up social media and the tennis community.
The incident occurred during match point in the third setwhen Draper hit a volley that hit his side of the net before landing in Auger-Aliassime’s court. However, the umpire failed to notice this and awarded the point to the Briton, sealing his qualification for the quarter-finals. The Canadian, visibly frustrated, asked the referee: “Didn’t you see the ball bounce on the ground?”but Allensworth stood firm in his decision.
From his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), Djokovic issued a strong statement in which he called the episode “shameful” and called for video reviews to be implemented. for situations like this.
“It’s shameful that we don’t have a video replay of these types of situations on the pitch. What is even more ridiculous is that we do not have the rule that would allow chair umpires to change the original decision based on the video review that is done off court!“, wrote the former world number one.
“Everyone watching on TV sees what happened on the replay, but the players on the pitch are left ‘in the dark’ not knowing what the result is.. We have a ‘hawk’s eye’ for line decisions. We live in the 21st century, we are technologically advanced. Please, respective Tours, make sure this nonsense doesn’t happen again!”added the Serbian, who is not participating in the competition but felt compelled to intervene due to the magnitude of the error.
Djokovic, The winner of a record 24 Grand Slam titles is one of the most influential figures in world tennis and his words could be decisive in pushing for a change in the rules.The controversy sparked a wide debate in the tennis community, with many fans and players supporting the Serbian’s claim.