[ad_1] Daniil Medvedev was in no mood to take “they” for an answer in a hilarious exchange with the chair umpire in his third-round win at the Madrid Open. Medvedev got his Madrid campaign off to a great start with a solid three-set win over Italy’s rising star Matteo Arnaldi. This set up an interesting…
[ad_1] A national-level tennis umpire has been banned for life by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being found guilty of committing up to 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). Pavel Atanasov will no longer officiate matches following the lifetime sanction. Cases of match-fixing have been widespread in professional tennis, with players…
[ad_1] On-court coaching in tennis was once forbidden but has been allowed to a limited extent since last year. Interactions between player and coach are restricted to hand signals and simple instructions within 25 seconds before a point is played and when the player is on the same side as their coach’s box. Although coaching…
[ad_1] Marta Kostyuk clashed with the chair umpire over poor officiating at a crucial juncture in her first-round match in Stuttgart. Kostyuk was embroiled in a marathon opener at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix against former champion Laura Siegemund. The Ukrainian was playing her first match in precisely a month because of an injury…
[ad_1] Alexander Zverev was not impressed with a time violation warning at the 2024 Miami Open, which he felt was underserved. Zverev has been playing really solid tennis so far, and he proved it at the season’s first Grand Slam. It’s been good to have the German back at his best, as he produced a…
[ad_1] Aryna Sabalenka spoke with the umpire after her recent win at the 2024 Indian Wells Open, and she explained why after the match. The Belarusian made another step closer to adding yet another WTA 1000 trophy to her trophy cabinet, which is taken care of by her mother, by beating Emma Raducanu in straight…
[ad_1] Coco Gauff clashed with umpire Pierre Bacchi during her match at the 2024 Dubai Championships, and she received a lot of support after it happened. Gauff secured a quarter-final of the Dubai Championships by beating Karolina Pliskova in three sets. That in itself wasn’t the story of the match, which is unfortunate, but also…
[ad_1] The opening day of the World Tennis League featured plenty of intriguing matchups and matches, and one of those saw World No. 1 Iga Swiatek face a familiar foe in Elena Rybakina. This mixed-gender exhibition tournament, currently held in Abu Dhabi, has a very distinct scoring format. Ties are meant to have five matches,…
[ad_1] By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, November 23, 2023 Chair umpires are entrusted to keep score. Slovenian umpire Marko Ducman admitted manipulating scores and has been banned from tennis for 10 years and six months for his actions. More: Djokovic‘s Dream Ducman, an international-level official, admitted to four breaches of the Tennis Anti…
