{"id":1633,"date":"2023-10-04T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/marc-polmans-apologizes-for-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball\/04\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:19:45","slug":"marc-polmans-apologizes-for-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/marc-polmans-apologizes-for-hitting-chair-umpire-with-ball\/04\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Polmans apologizes for hitting chair umpire with ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SHANGHAI — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans<\/a> has apologized for hitting a ball into the face of the chair umpire<\/a> during final-round qualifying at the Shanghai Masters, which led to him being immediately disqualified.<\/p>\n

Polmans, ranked 140th, had match point against Italy’s Stefano Napolitano<\/a> in the second set Tuesday when he missed a volley and then hit the ball in anger as it bounced back from the net.<\/p>\n

Polmans’ 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

“An update from me – the umpire, Ben, has accepted my apology for my actions,” Polmans posted on social media platform X. “He knows it was unintentional, and I shanked the ball on the frame in frustration in the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n