Steven Deznumber 292 in the ranking, experienced an unprecedented event in the second qualifying round of the Houston Open 250.
Dez was about to subtract for the match against Gijs Brouwer. The Canadian of Spanish parents managed a passer to close a score of 6-4 and 6-4. The referee sang: “game, set and match“.
The surprising thing is what came next. The judge got down from his chair and marked Brouwer’s serve out, so he ordered the point to be repeated.
Ten crazy: “Call the supervisor, it’s not even the correct mark and he has played the point“. He kept playing and the Canadian I yielded 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2. He would barely win two more games after the incident.
The Dutch Brouwer came out the winner and in fact plays this Tuesday in the main draw against Feliciano López. The affected party later released a statement showing his frustration through social networks:
“I have nothing against the referee, I’m sure he did what he could. As you can see in the video, I won the match with a right passer that my rival tries to return. He even turns his head to see where he has hit. The ball was bounced. As I was about to shake my opponent’s hand at the net, the judge comes down to look at the mark. That’s his big mistake because the match is over. His second mistake: pointing to a ball that is one meter away. separate from the actual pot. The third mistake: he asks the linesman and marks the first ball. Fourth mistake: he says that my opponent has not played the point.”
