Fans slam the Tennis Channel for switching to pickleball in the middle of Gauff - Andreescu match

Tennis fans were fuming after the Tennis Channel interrupted its coverage of the Andreescu - Gauff match to show off some pickleball.

Much has been talked about the sudden rise of pickleball but it's only really been a trend in the US. The sport is emerging at a rape pace Stateside but it's kind of lacking in the rest of the world for now. Perhaps it will catch on as after all Judy Murray, who serves as the Scotland Pickleball Ambassador, issued a warning that the sport is coming for tennis.

Some might say the poaching of Noah Rubin by the sport from tennis could be alarming for fans but they are mostly annoyed by matches being interrupted to show the sport. That was what happened on the Tennis Channel when they interrupted coverage of the very exciting Gauff - Andreescu match to show some pickleball.

Fans vented on social media writing:

"Receiving more troubling reports about the @TennisChannel tonight. absolutely pathetic. have some shame"