– Please, respective tournaments, make sure this nonsense never happens again, writes Novak Djokovic on X. The Serbian is one of many stars who have taken to the keyboard and published messages on X after the absurd point that decided the match between Jack Draper and Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Cincinnati Open. – I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a shot, writes a shocked Stefanos Tsitsipas on X. WIN: Jack Draper. Photo: Susan Mullane / Reuters At 5-4 to Jack Draper, in the third set, the Brit received a return in the middle of the court. He responded with a careful lob that hit the edge of the net before bouncing into Auger-Aliassime’s side. With this stroke, Draper won the match and secured a place in the quarter-finals. However, after several minutes of arguing, the TV replay shows that the fight should never have been approved. After the ball hit Draper’s racket, the ball went over the court and over the net, which referee Greg Allensworth did not catch. Opponent Auger-Aliassime looked around in confusion with a nervous smile as the referee approved the point. The Canadian immediately saw that the ball had hit the ground first. For several minutes after the match was decided, a heated discussion took place between the players and the referee, with Auger-Aliassime at one point exclaiming: – This point is going to be everywhere, and it’s going to look ridiculous. It’s going to be absolutely sick. FULL DISCUSSION: Felix Auger-Aliassime was furious with the referee after he allowed the point. Here he is in discussion with Draper. Photo: MATTHEW STOCKMAN / AFP Auger-Aliassime was absolutely right in his prediction. The clip has gone viral this weekend and has been discussed worldwide. “The most controversial match point ever. What just happened?’, writes Tennis TV X. Djokovic with replay request Christer Francke, tennis expert in Discovery, says that the situation is getting so much attention because Draper actually won the match on what is basically an illegal stroke. – It’s like judging a ball in the goal – in football – that is not in. Fair enough that this is only one ball, but it was a match ball in a fairly even match, says Francke to news. In addition to stars such as Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas, the recent Olympic winner Djokovic reacts strongly to what happened. He demands change from the tennis elite. REACTS: Novak Djokovic makes a plea to the tennis elite after the controversial match point. Photo: Manu Fernandez / AP – It’s embarrassing that we don’t have video replays of situations like that on the pitch. What’s even more ridiculous is that we don’t have a rule that would allow the judges to change their original decision based on a video analysis that happens “off-court”, writes the star and continues: – Everyone who sees this on TV, sees what happened on the replay, but still the players on the pitch don’t get to know what happened. Christer Francke does not completely agree that tennis needs VAR. – That happens so rarely – that you don’t get things like that. I don’t think there’s any point, says Francke. Jack Draper thus advanced to the quarter-finals in the USA. There he lost to the Danish Holger Rune. Published 18.08.2024, at 15.36 Updated 18.08.2024, at 15.43
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The reactions hail after Jack Draper’s blow – now Novak Djokovic demands a change – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
