Wednesday, March 24, 2021. 7:57 PM
Vasek Pospisil saw his run end in the first round at the Miami Masters 1000 on Wednesday, when he lost 3-6, 6-4, 3-6 to American Mackenzie McDonald, not without a moment. outburst of the Canadian player.
After losing three straight games in the first set, Pospisil, who is president of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), directed criticism towards the official of his match.
After he first threw his racquet with all his might, match referee Arnaud Gabas promptly imposed a one point penalty on the Canadian tennis player for his unsportsmanlike behavior.
According to journalist Stephanie Myles of Tennis.Life, Pospisil’s event was linked to a meeting he allegedly had earlier this year with ATP president Andrea Gaudenzi.
Gabas tried to find out which fly had stung Pospisil so that he exploded in anger like that.
“Do you want to know what’s going on? For an hour and a half yesterday the president of ATP yelled at me […] for trying to unite the players. For an hour and a half! The leader of ATP. Get him out of there, that fucking asshole, ”Pospisil said aloud.
After recovering to his senses, Pospisil managed to reduce the score to one set everywhere by seizing the second set, 6-4.
But McDonald then managed the only break of service of the final set, on the sixth game of the round, to make an appointment with his compatriot John Isner, 18th seed in the competition.
Popyrin continues to do well
Alexei Popyrin added to his recent success by defeating Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday on Matchday 1.
Popyrin, a 21-year-old Australian who earned his first career ATP Tour title last month in Singapore, will battle powerful server Reilly Opelka of the United States, 30th seed,
At 39, Lopez was the oldest of the players in the men’s singles main draw.
In another match, Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Portuguese Pedro Sousa 6-1, 6-3.
In the next round, Herbert will meet with the Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime, 11th seed.
This will be the third clash between the two players. The French won the first duel 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the round of 16 in Montpellier. Two weeks later, Auger-Aliassime took his revenge in Marseille, winning 6-0, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (9).
On the women’s side, the Croatian Ana Konjuh defeated the Czech Katerina Siniakova, 7-6 (3), 7-5. As a result, Konjuh scored his first main draw win at a WTA tournament since 2018. Konjuh’s career has been disrupted by four elbow surgeries.
Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo survived two match points and overcame a 5-1 deficit in the third set to topple Bernarda Pera 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
Finally, the American Danielle Collins eliminated the French Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-3.
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