The most important tournament of the past week was the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg. The best was the representative of the hosts, born in this city, Alexander Zverev. The 26-year-old, returning to form after a very long ankle injury, beat Laslo Djere 7:5, 6:3 in the final. It was his twentieth title win.
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There’s never been anything like it. Unusual medical attention at a tennis star’s match
The meeting between the German and the Serbian was chaired by Mohamed Lahyani, one of the most famous and characteristic tennis referees, who, however, is rarely in the spotlight. Lahyani is a little different as he likes the spotlight, but he usually finds himself in nice situations because of his sincere smile.
A funny situation also took place in Hamburg. After one of Zverev’s moves, Mohamed Lahyani had to get down from the referee’s stool to assess the ball mark left on the clay court. At one point, a grimace of pain appeared on his face, but he continued his work. However, during the break between sets, the Swede of Moroccan origin asked for medical help! It turned out that the man suffered from an abrasion on his foot and needed a band-aid.
The event amused the crowd on the court, and Lahyani once again became a social media hero. Most Internet users were amused and sympathetically assessed the situation, but there were those who pointed out the judge’s vanity and desire to be a star. They even call him “the tennis equivalent of Mateu Lahoz” – he is a Spanish football referee who often tried to be the hero of the show.
Mohamed Lahyani has one very negative moment in his career. At the 2018 US Open, the referee made headlines after his controversial behavior during a match between Nick Kyrgios and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. The referee stepped down from the stool and motivated the Australian to be more involved. At the time, Kyrgios was losing, but after Lahyani’s comments, he pulled himself together and eventually won the match. After criticism from current and former players, the Swedish referee was suspended for the next two tournaments. Lahyani was also the referee for the longest match in tennis history – John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon 2010.
2023-07-31 10:09:00
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