Steven Deznumber 292 in the ranking, experienced an unprecedented event during the second qualifying round of the Houston Open 250.
Dez was about to subtract for the game against Gijs Brouwer. The Canadian of Spanish parents succeeded a passer to close a score of 6-4 and 6-4. The referee sang: “game, set and match“.
The surprising thing is what happened next. The judge got down from his chair and scored Brouwer’s serve, so he ordered the point to be repeated.
Ten Fools: “Call the supervisor, it’s not even the right brand and he played the point“. He continued to play and the Canadian I gave up 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2. He would barely win two more games after the incident.
Dutchman Brouwer emerged victorious and actually plays this Tuesday in the main draw against Feliciano López. The affected party then released a statement showing their frustration through social media:
“I have nothing against the referee, I’m sure he did what he could. As you can see in the video, I won the match with a straight passer which my rival tries to He even turns his head to see where he touched. The ball bounced. As I was about to shake hands with my opponent towards the net, the referee goes down to look at the mark. It’s his big mistake because the game is over His second mistake: pointing a ball that is one meter away from the real pot The third mistake: he asks the linesman and scores the first ball Fourth mistake: he says that my opponent has not played the point.”
The sports prejudice for the North American player it was less when he later found out he would enter the main draw as a ‘lucky loser’. He is scheduled for the first round this Tuesday with Australian Jordan Thompson.
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