In a second of frustration, Australian tennis participant Marc Polmans smashed a ball into the umpire’s face whereas competing within the Shanghai Masters qualifiers. This resulted in instant disqualification for Polmans, who was solely a degree away from victory.
Polmans, ranked No. 140 on the planet, was enjoying in opposition to Italy’s Stefano Napolitano on Monday, and he managed to win a aggressive first set, 7-6 (3). The second set was additionally a detailed one and had gone right into a tiebreak. Polmans had the lead however did not convert the match level.
The 26-year-old misplaced his mood and appeared to be making an attempt to hit the ball out of the court docket in anger. Nevertheless, the ball went straight into umpire Ben Anderson’s face.
Happily, The Times reported {that a} match spokesperson mentioned Anderson was “OK when he left the stadium.”
Even when Polmans had not hit him, the ATP guidelines state that gamers usually are not allowed to hit tennis balls out of anger.
“Gamers shall not violently, dangerously or with anger hit, kick or throw a tennis ball whereas on the grounds of the match web site besides within the affordable pursuit of a degree throughout a match (together with warm-up),” the ATP guidelines learn.
Polmans’ fellow Australian, Nick Kyrgios, reacted to the incident on social media. Kyrgios has seen his justifiable share of fines as a consequence of “unsportsmanlike conduct,” together with a $14,000 fantastic for smashing two rackets through the 2022 US Open.
” to see what the fantastic shall be all issues thought-about (15 thousand kilos) for the bottle shake at queens,” Kyrgios wrote.
Monday’s accident was uncommon, however it has occurred earlier than with different gamers. One of the notorious occurrences was when 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the 2020 US Open after unintentionally hitting a line choose. Djokovic was stripped of the $250,000 in prize cash he had earned for making it to the Spherical of 16, and he was additionally hit with a $10,000 fantastic.
