Chinese women’s tennis player Zhang Shuai (left) was misjudged and lost a point, and her opponent Todt (right) deliberately wiped off the ball on the court. (Picture/Repost from Twitter/@popalorena)
The top 32 of the WTA250 Hungarian Tennis Grand Prix was held in Budapest. It was supposed to be an exciting event, but it encountered outrageous misjudgments by the chief judge, and the players made small moves that violated professional sports ethics, causing controversy from all walks of life. Hungarian women’s tennis player Amarissa Tóth wiped off the traces of the previous goal with her feet after scoring a goal due to an obvious misjudgment. In addition, the home audience deliberately booed again and again, which affected the opposite Chinese female player Zhang Shuai. Angrily retired.
According to the “Daily Mail” (Daily Mail) report, the game was tied 5-5 in the first set, and it was Zhang Shuai’s turn to serve, but her return should have been an inbounds ball, but she was directly sentenced to In order to go out of bounds, even though he kept arguing with the referee, the official replay video also showed that it was a pressure line. The referee still insisted not to look at the ball marks on the clay court and decided to maintain the original verdict of losing points.
The game continued, Zhang Shuai was about to serve again, but the opponent Toth went to the position where the previous ball landed, wiped off the ball with his feet, and the audience on the sidelines began to shout at Zhang Shuai, which made her emotionally affected and lost 3 in a row. After losing the first game after the ball, he returned to the sidelines and was so angry that he cried. In the end, he shook hands with the referee and opponent and chose to retire. Todt also won the ticket to the round of 16.
However, this event caused a lot of discussion on the Internet. Even the Australian female player Dasha Gavrilova expressed dissatisfaction on social media, thinking that Todt won the game but lost his reputation. And Zhang Shuai also posted a message to thank the players and fans who comforted her and spoke for her, and angrily reprimanded, “If you are bullied, you can only bear it. You can’t bear to say that you have no self-cultivation. Get angry and say you are playing big names. I just want to ask the folk masters for advice.” I am angry or not angry in this situation.”
The WTA official of the International Women’s Tennis Association issued a statement on Twitter stating that it has zero tolerance for any form of racism and will start investigating this misjudgment.
2023-07-20 02:56:51
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