{"id":1552,"date":"2023-10-03T23:28:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tennis-player-defaulted-after-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball\/03\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T23:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T03:28:56","slug":"tennis-player-defaulted-after-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tennis-player-defaulted-after-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball\/03\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis player defaulted after hitting chair umpire with ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SHANGHAI — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans<\/a> has been defaulted from the final round of qualifying at the Shanghai Masters after hitting the ball into the face of the chair umpire.<\/p>\n

Polmans, ranked 140th, was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano<\/a> 7-6 (3) and the score was 6-6 (6-5) in the second-set tiebreaker on Tuesday when Polmans missed his second match point after hitting a low backhand volley into the net.<\/p>\n

The Australian then hit the ball in anger as it bounced back from the net.<\/p>\n

His errant hit narrowly missed the ball person before hitting chair umpire Ben Anderson in the face. Anderson was apparently not seriously injured.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 DISQUALIFICATION \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Marc Polmans missed a volley on match point at 7-6(3), 6-6 (6-5) and then accidentally hit the umpire.<\/p>\n

Stefano Napolitano advances to the main draw in Shanghai as a result.pic.twitter.com\/9izXBA1BOl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) October 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The incident was similar to one that saw Canada’s Denis Shapovalov<\/a> land in trouble during the Davis Cup in 2017. Shapovalov was also disqualified, but his incident saw the chair umpire of that match Arnaud Gabas sustain a fractured eye socket.<\/p>\n

Polmans joins Shapovalov, Novak Djokovic<\/a> and former British player Tim Henman<\/a> as players to be defaulted from tournaments when their ball abuse saw match officials or ball persons hit.<\/p>\n

Henman and his doubles partner Jeremy Bates were defaulted at Wimbledon in 1995 when the young Henman violently slammed a ball towards the net, hitting a ball girl in the ear.<\/p>\n

Djokovic was defaulted during the fourth round of the 2020 US Open when he hit a ball and it struck a lineswoman.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Polmans has never made the main draw of a Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n