At major tennis events, there are only two things the BC office wants to see: violent racket smashes and players going full-John McEnroe at chair umpires. We got the latter today when Serbian Viktor Troicki blew his lid during his second-round match against Albert Ramos.
As you can see below, Ramos was serving for the match in the fifth set (30-30) when umpire Damiano Torella overruled an out call, which sent Troicki off the rails. He proceeded to call Damiano “the worst umpire ever in the world” before launching the ball into the stands:
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Viktor admitted after the match that he overreacted, but that didn’t stop him from shading poor Damiano (via NZHerald):
“He should be also fined, if you ask me,” Troicki said. “He should be the one who’s fined. I’m not saying he cost me the match, but he cost me an important point which could have changed the outcome of the match.”
