Umpire MOCKED and ABUSED during sensational tennis meltdown! | Wide World of Sports 

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Every time she said “Carolyn” cracked me up 😂😂😂

@@falks941 .... agreed. I don't what it was about saying "Carolyn" that had me in tears.

You forgot "That makes NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sense"

umpire thought the girl hit the ball with her racquet, not her leg, thus he thought it was opponents point cuz riske talked "during" the point

@@danielyang3140 it shouldn’t matter what the umpire thought, it should only matter what actually happened. When the umpire knew that he was clearly wrong he should have corrected his bad call. If the opponent was not forthcoming about being hit which apparently she wasn’t, he should have asked her if she was hit by the ball. If she answered yes, then she loses the point, and if she answers “no, it hit my racquet” then maybe she wins the point. But if it is determined after the match is over that she lied, I would think she should be punished somehow for lying. Umpire handled the whole situation very poorly, especially on an ad point. Brutal.

Well the problem is that the umpire can't really take a player's opinion on what happened ahead of what he thought happened unless it's a player conceding a point the umpire awarded to them incorrectly. And as things stand, there are no rules in tennis (or any other sport as far as I'm aware) to punish players after matches for lying during them. Now, of course there are things that could be done in the big tournaments to avoid situations like this, such as giving the umpire the ability to see replays for contentious calls, but that's not in the rules of tennis now. So as stupid as it may sound, after he made the initial wrong call, he couldn't really change it since he can't decide ad-hoc that he saw the event differently from what he thought he saw in the moment. The only exception to this that we have in tennis is when umpires check ball marks on clay courts on close calls.

@@HawkOfGP he could have asked the opponent if the ball hit her. I’ll bet she would not have lied.

@@damiankarras Maybe, but I wouldn't make that bet.

Yes, maybe in America it is ok to act like that against someone. Even if the umpire was wrong she had no right to treat him like that.

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Peknej nickname 😂

She is a russian tennis player. Russian people are accustomed to lie. Its their national treasure.

@@Izmael1310 How is THIS not hate speech?

If you look closely, right after the replay after getting hit, you can see when she turns and walks to her partner, she points down at her leg.

Why did the umpire call "let" before Riske hit her shot?

Overrule his first call based on what? Because one of the players complains? We are watching the replays of the ball hitting her body but he thought it hit her racquet, there’s no VAR or hawkeye he or the players can request for this type of situation.

Says the guy who had the luxury of seeing a slow motion replay. And no, Amritaj is not young, and she was not arguing correctly.

@@VeganBeerMonster she was arguing correctly. The chair just didn’t see it. In her mind the point ended when she hit the opponent. Even the apology was made while she was hitting the ball not her opponent. I don’t think that’s a hinderance any more than communicating verbally with your partner when the ball is on your side of the court.

He did do his job though, he deemed that she called sorry before the ball struck the other player so applied the rule of let for any interference caused cos they can't be conducting conversations during points and saying sorry might've put the other player off through distraction. Players could use that loophole to make noises to put players off that's why the let call is the rule there. Now we and she might think she didn't say sorry til the ball hit the other player but as an umpire if she talks during a point there's got to be a let or else others will then start using that to interfere with play. That's why that decision was made. I'm sure her apology was genuine but that's not the point. You can't talk during points.

he is being abused and mocked, for sure. Maybe not in America, where it's normal to act like that. Even if he was wrong, the player is not allowed to such behaviour and should not have done that. The point here is that he could not determine whether the ball hit the leg or the racquet, from his point of view. He could have asked the player, but he made a call and that's up to him. He can make a mistake but should not be treated like that.

umpire thought the girl hit the ball with her racquet, not her leg, thus he thought it was opponents point cuz riske talked "during" the point

@@danielyang3140 Yes but you wouldn’t say sorry for no reason, which was the point Riske tried to make. You’d only say sorry AFTER doing something wrong, why Riske was so annoyed at and understandably so. And the fact he was so close, literally right above the lady that got hit you’d think he’d see it very clearly.

@@Lishmaa maybe he thought she said sorry cuz she hit it right at her and was being nice. from first glance, at the first angle it looks like the player hit the ball with her racquet. obviously with replay she didn't but he didn't see it. from his POV she hit it with her racquet and riske interrupted the point. obviously he's wrong but mistakes happen

@@Lishmaa That doesn't matter. You can not talk during the point. Only on a slow motion replay can you tell she didn't hit the ball. At first it looks like the ball was actually struck and in play, which is likely what the umpire saw. So the umpire made the call thinking the ball was in play. He's human and made a mistake. But from his viewpoint, he made the right call. You'll also notice that after saying sorry, she continued to play. So she also thought the ball may be in play.

Well the idiot umpire at the least could have asked the player if the ball hit her. Most players aren’t going to lie if asked. He was being an ass and the director that was called out didn’t ask either. 2 completely incompetent asswipes. They don’t have those jobs though because they’re rocket scientists.

I was thinking the same thing!

No one should ever be abused. Even if he made a mistake

@@stefanmeidlinger2311 No one should be incompetent. Even if she mocked him.

true but the person who was hit should've admitted it. Why didn't the umpire ask her?

He wasn't wrong though, you aren't allowed to talk during points, that's the rule he was following, whether her apology was genuine or whether she apologised before or after the ball hit the other girl is irrelevant because either way you aren't allowed to be having verbal exchanges during points or that could be used by other players to distract play. That is the rule he was following. People on this page clearly don't understand tennis...

​@@createyouremotion-cw3qwTennis umpires typically don't involve the other players in situations like this. The player who was hit could have intervened and conceeded the point but it is not expected of her to do so

​@@Jeremy-f3sWhen you're playing a game of tennis, don't you think the point is over the instant the ball hits your opponent on the body?

@@gauravgummaraju yes but he didn't think she spoke then did he, that's the point, he deemed rightly or wrongly that she said sorry before the other player hit the ball and in any case the other player continued to play on so no the point wasn't over. It's a matter of perception about when she said sorry, he heard it immediately whereas the crowd being further away probably heard it a nano second later. That's life. Things are never going to be perfect.

Nah, just wait until you're sure the point is over

Referees in all sports are like that, they have massive egos and don’t like being told they’re wrong

umpire thought the girl hit the ball with her racquet, not her leg, thus he thought it was opponents point cuz riske talked "during" the point

Yes the supervisor was useless! They need video replay or something, because these sorts of thing always happen. And it was very clear on the replay what happened.

@@danielyang3140 the point was over ANYWAY, cuz the sorry came AFTER, so it can't EVEN be considered an hindrance. Furthermore, the girl herself showed her partner the ball touched her leg. This is a total disaster from the umpire lol.

I like that idea!

But they didn't win a point so...

You didn't get what happened. The problem wasnt' that she apologized before or after, the point is that the umpire saw her hitting the ball with the racquet and not the leg. So it makes sense what he did. His mistake was not seeing that the ball was hit with the leg.

Oh, that's awesome. Justice prevails

Worst of all, not even the supervisor fixed anything, I was waiting for things even more. I think there are people in the wrong place, today anyone can be employed without being competent and qualified for that position and that is what is happening with umpires and supervisors in tennis. There is mediocrity on the surface!

Unfortunately it matters what umpire thought...

Totally!

Have you ever seen this in real life? Remember Maradona?

@@johanneskreisler7647 maradona? Who or what is that?

Who ?. Do you even know tennis rules . She is totally in the right there

@@VARMOT123 Being in the right- yes. Behaviing like a fourth grader about it - yes.

No but you can speak in doubles if it's your ball to hit. Suppose the ball hit the racquet and not the leg, it would've been their ball to hit, so they're allowed to speak and say sorry.

I know right... Seems like respect and good manners are not part of American culture.😑😒