Pole Hubert Hurkacz requested a change of chair umpire throughout his defeat within the spherical of 16 towards Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov following an unbelievable trade between the 2 gamers.
Hubert Hurkacz (27) pulled the pin in a humorous manner on Sunday throughout his spherical of 16 at Roland Garros, shedding to Grigor Dimitrov (7-6, 6-4, 7-6). Irritated by a choice by the chair umpire, the Pole then requested his substitute by miming a high flight along with his arms, on the finish of the third set. Then, he made an astonishing request to his opponent of the day:
“You need to change? Do you need to proceed with the woman right here?”
The request utterly took the Bulgarian unexpectedly, situated on the opposite aspect of the referee’s chair: “What? Change what?” Hurkacz then stood as much as clarify his need extra clearly, proper below the nostril of the British referee, Alison Hughes, silent witness to his personal questioning by the eighth participant on this planet. The latter then reiterated his want: “I imply, if you wish to proceed with the woman right here, if you’re good or if you wish to change. It is as much as you.”
Dimitrov then offers him the selection, making this trade a bit of extra surreal: “truthfully, it’s no matter you need”. On the finish of this very disrespectful dialog for the referee, the latter remained in place and Hurkacz lastly misplaced in three units.
Requested about this unusual request at a press convention, Hurkacz didn’t draw back from his request. “I believe I might have requested that earlier than,” he mentioned. “I simply requested Grigor if he needed to make the change. If not, then it is okay.”
Throughout the assembly, Hurkacz was irritated by a number of the judges’ bulletins and choices. On the time of his anger, he was protesting towards a superb resolution by the referee. Dimitrov appeared moderately circumspect. The primary factor was elsewhere for the Bulgarian who gained the primary qualification of his profession for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros.
