Alison
Riske-Amritraj had a controversy during the first round of the
Australian Open,
and the reactions in the tennis world were immediate..
The pairing
of Riske and Fruhvirtova faced Dzalamidze and Panova, and there was a
questionable decision by the chair umpire, which led to a strong claim from the
American. The duo of the American and the young Czech had lost the first set 7-6
and found themselves down 3-1 in the second. At that moment the fifth break
point was played with Panova serving, Riske hit Dzalamidze from the net and
quickly shouted “sorry”. The judge interpreted that she had committed a verbal
impediment.
“That make
no sense. Dude. Oh, the way you see it? The way you see it? I’m sure you see it
that way. That’s ridiculous. That’s absolutely ridiculous. Pay attention.
Dude, that’s tennis 101.”
Comments
about the situation abounded on social networks, including some tennis figures.
First, Brad Gilbert (former trainer of Agassi, Roddick, Murray and others)
shared the video on Twitter with a short message: "Wow."
Andy
Roddick also wanted to give his opinion:
Tracy Austin
former world No. 1 and two-time US Open champion also had words about the
moment: “The opponent that got HIT knows it right away because they STOP! Clear
indication the knew it hit their body. Why doesn’y chair umpire ask that
player?”
Montenegrin
Danka Kovinic agreed with Riske's claim: “whit electronic line calling, the
only thing chair umpire has to do is to be awake during the match!!”
The
American herself added to the tweets to express his annoyance, revealing that
he had received an apology from the umpire: