reallyscrued
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Not even close. It seems like he's getting frustrated though. He's definitely not playing his best tonight.
Fingolfin269
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speg
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He won a game point and went to sit down, at which point Del Potro challenged the call. Roger asked the umpire if they had any rules as to how long you have to make the challenge, as he felt Del Potro had been taking too long to make challenges. The umpire told him to be quiet, to which Roger replied: "Don't tell me to be quiet. I don't give a shit..."
Or something to that effect, the last part wasn't directed at the umpire per say.
Yea, he had a fit. Nothing major though. No threats of shoving balls down throats.
Federer is struggling tonight. Del Potro is playing very well right now.
Miramonti
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No swearing, but is a long story.
Potro served, a fan called it out. Federer thought it was out and was called out, and was ticked to find it was a fan only that called it out. He approached the judge who explained that it was a fan and there's nothing he can do about it. He said he can't take it back due to a fan.
So federer said, 'what am I supposed to do?' The judge just shook his head. Federer said, 'can I challenge it?' The judge said yes, and announced the challenge.
Challenge is displayed...turns out the ball was out! lol
So del Potro approaches the judge and complains that he was told that he was told he needed to take less time making a challenge, so why was federer able to make such a late challenge?
The judge shakes his head, looks to federer, and says he can't allow the challenge! Then why did he announce it and diplay the result??
They replayed the point, which del potro won.
Definitely a screwup by the judge to allow a challenge and then take it away.
Fingolfin269
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speg
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Originally posted by: jjsole
No swearing, but is a long story.
Potro served, a fan called it out. Federer thought it was out and was called out, and was ticked to find it was a fan only that called it out. He approached the judge who explained that it was a fan and there's nothing he can do about it. He said he can't take it back due to a fan.
So federer said, 'what am I supposed to do?' The judge just shook his head. Federer said, 'can I challenge it?' The judge said yes, and announced the challenge.
Challenge is displayed...turns out the ball was out! lol
So del Potro approaches the judge and complains that he was told that he was told he needed to take less time making a challenge, so why was federer able to make such a late challenge?
The judge shakes his head, looks to federer, and says he can't allow the challenge! Then why did he announce it and diplay the result??
They replayed the point, which del potro won.
Definitely a screwup by the judge to allow a challenge and then take it away.
He didn't really take the challenge away. They compromised by letting them replay the point. (as opposed to giving Potro second service which is what it should have been since the ball was out)
Fingolfin269
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Fingolfin269
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This is the first time I've watched tennis in a long long time. Are they really using that computerized system that shows up on my TV to confirm/deny challenges? If so, that's pretty awesome.
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