The French Terence Atmane is about to say goodbye to the French Open for not controlling his impulse, which ended up impacting a woman in the audience.
The first day of Roland Garros It started with a very tense moment that almost led to the disqualification of one player. Terence Atmane He released his anger generated by the loss and ended up hitting the ball into a spectator. Although unintentional, his negligence was on the verge of removing him from the competition for reasons outside the game.
The fight, which took place this Sunday, was contested by the Frenchman Sebastian Ofner. In principle, the local team controlled everything, with a weak advantage of two sets (6-3, 6-4), in the expected debut. However, the path began to deviate and lean towards the Austrian, who finished third in a tiebreaker 7-6 (2).
Things took a turn for the worse in the fourth set, when Atmane went down 4-1 and didn’t hesitate to express his anger at the match slipping out of his hands. He went there, in arguing the fifth games of that set, with a score of 15-30 in favor of Ofner, who finished the ball on both sides without measuring force.
After a setback that was considered bad, he couldn’t help himself. A mixture of frustration and anger, he threw a punch that ended up hitting a woman in the stands. This action caused an immediate reaction from Ofner, who was concerned about the woman and demanded that the referee disqualify his rival.
After several complaints to the seat manager, who approached the fan to confirm he was okay, lThe decision with the supervisors was to continue the game as normal. Other viewers, and even some social media users, didn’t like it They demanded the expulsion of Terence from the contest. It certainly is it is not supported by the regulations: “L“Tennis players shall not hit, kick or throw the ball in a violent, dangerous or angry manner while on the tournament grounds, except in the reasonable context of a match point.” expressing ATP. however, Since this was a non-mandatory measure, the judge took the woman’s composure and allowed the fight to continue.
However, things turned out as expected, but through the game: Ofner defeated the Frenchman in a long match that ended in the fourth set 6-2 and the fifth 7-5 in favor of the Austrian.who earned his pass to the next round.
Source: Tycsports
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