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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022
Watch: Fokina gets knocked out of Wimbledon after smashing ball out of court

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Hindustan Times
30 June, 2022, 06:30 pm
Last modified: 30 June, 2022, 06:36 pm

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Watch: Fokina gets knocked out of Wimbledon after smashing ball out of court

Fokina made an unforced error during the tie-breaker that gave Vesely a 9-7 lead, leading to an angry outburst from the Spanish tennis star which eventually led to his ouster from the Wimbledon Championships.

Hindustan Times
30 June, 2022, 06:30 pm
Last modified: 30 June, 2022, 06:36 pm
Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters

It was a rather unusual way of being knocked out for Alejandro Fokina during his Wimbledon second-round match against Jiri Vesely on Wednesday.

It had been a marathon match between the two on Court 17, with Vesely leading 9-7 in the tie-breaker of the final set. While the Czech Vesely had won the first set 6-3, Fokina made a strong comeback to win the next two 7-5, 7-6. Vesely stayed alive with another 6-3 win in the fourth before the final set went to a tie-breaker.

Fokina made an unforced error during the tie-breaker that gave Vesely a 9-7 lead, leading to an angry outburst from the Spanish tennis star which eventually led to his ouster from the Wimbledon Championships.

Following the error, Fokina angrily hit a ball out of the court before preparing to serve to save a double-match point. The chair umpire termed the offense 'ball abuse', and imposed a point penalty on Fokina, that eventually handed the win to Vesely.

Watch the incident:

Match point is an ill advised time to commit a point penalty pic.twitter.com/gFottACqjM— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 29, 2022

Tennis great John McEnroe wasn't very pleased with the decision, however.

"I don't agree with it. That's crazy… what a lousy way to end it," McEnroe told ESPN following the game.

Davidovich Fokina had been cited for a different code violation earlier. When umpire Ramos made the match-ending call, Davidovich Fokina questioned the ruling, saying his two citations were for different infractions.

But that doesn't matter: Two such violations during one match result in a point being awarded to the opponent. This one happened to come right after Davidovich Fokina missed a forehand to give Vesely a 9-7 edge in the first-to-10-points, win-by-two final-set tiebreaker.

Vesely now moves on to face 30th-seeded Tommy Paul of the United States in the third round.

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