Destroyed in Wimbledon on Wednesday afternoon as Alejandro Davidovich Fokina suffered a controversial exit in the hands of Jiří Veserie. There was a typical scene.
Faced with match points in the final set of tiebreakers at the end of the marathon contest, Davidovich Fokina lost his cool and hit the ball off the court. Later, the umpire Carlos Ramos lost the tiebreaker and was penalized for points. Match — 6-3, 5-7, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.
"I don't agree with that. It's crazy ... it's a terrible way to end it," John McEnroe said on ESPN's broadcast.
Davidovich Fokina lost the tiebreaker 9-7 and faced two match points at that point, but the matchups before and after were still far from deciding.
Davidovich Fokina previously received the code Violation of audible obscenity. According to tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg, the two misdemeanors were not "cumulative" because the Spaniards considered hitting the ball another offense.
But that's not the way the chairman's referee saw it, and because of a previous breach, Ramos issued a point penalty to Davidovich Fokina at the expense of the match. Davidovich Fokina briefly talked to Ramos, but did not have a big discussion.
The tennis commentator was stunned. The image of the disappointed Davidovich Fokina still sitting in his seat when his opponent left the court after the match was over summarized his mood.
Brutal, Brutal The scene of Court 17. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina scored a point penalty at the deep match point of the fifth set tiebreaker after hitting the ball from the court after nearly four hours on the court.
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Bethery will face 30-seeded American Tommy Paul in the third round on Friday.
