"Umpiring in Monte-Carlo was like a dumpster fire" says Andy Roddick after Daniil Medvedev incident draws mixed reactions
ATP
Andy
Roddick reacted to the "dumpster fire" umpiring at the Monte-Carlo
Masters last week following Daniil Medvedev's complaints about the umpiring
errors. The American sided with the Russian for questioning the ball marks on
the clay, and he also disagreed with other warnings issued during the past
week.
The first
clay Masters 1000 of the year faced several criticisms throughout the week due
to problems with line calls and some code violations given to players. Medvedev
was one of the protagonists after shouting at the umpires in two consecutive
matches over wrong decisions.
It first
happened against Gael Monfils after losing a service game in which the umpire
overturned two calls. The former world No. 1 then fell to Karen Khachanov in
straight sets and called for the dismissal of the umpire due to his mistakes:
“He's a bad referee, he should be out of the referee circle,” Medvedev said.
Roddick comments on the umpiring errors in Monte-Carlo
The 2003 US
Open champion criticized the umpiring issues that occurred in Monte-Carlo and
wondered why electronic line calls are not used on clay: “The umpiring in Monte
Carlo was like a dumpster fire, like an absolute dumpster fire start to finish.
Like why do we not have electronic line calling?” the former world No. 1 said.
“If we have the ability, why would we not want to get every call right?
“Like,
well, there's a mark on clay. You can misread a mark. I've had millions of
practices with pro players who see marks all the time and you disagree on a
mark. Wouldn't it be nice to at least have confirmation bias or something to
tell you to kind of get on with it?”
Roddick
continued to comment on the case of the Russian: “There’s just a difference
with Medvedev. It was like, he just did two days in a row. He's just going off
the umpire. Yeah, he was right both days, by the way.”
Medvedev was eliminated in the round of 16 against Karen Khachanov by 3-6, 5-7
“Medvedev
is kind of right most of the time. Like when he melts down, he's kind of right.
And that should matter a little bit. It should matter. Like if you imagine you
being at work, being right about something, and then also getting docked pay,
or also being right, but also you have to suffer the consequences if you're
wrong. Like you wouldn't go quietly.”
However,
the umpiring issues weren't just limited to Medvedev, as others like Holger
Rune and Hubert Hurkacz were also affected, as Andy Roddick commented: “Holger
Rune had kind of like a tale of two. He went off on an umpire one day and was
wrong about the call. And then the next day he literally did like shadow
puppets.”
“Like if
you were to imitate a duck quack with your hand, for those only listening on
audio, like your thumb goes into your other four fingers in rapid succession,
he did that to the crowd, that,” he added.
“And he got
a warning. Hubie Hurkacz got a warning. He got a warning and the umpire's
explanation was, Oh, I felt like that was spillover from last point. No, no,
no, no. There's no build-up to a warning. It's either a warning or it's not. It
was crazy,” Roddick concluded.
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