By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday October 8, 2024
Frances Tiafoe misplaced his first serve at 5-5 within the closing set tiebreak in opposition to Roman Safiullin.
Then he misplaced the match.
Lastly, he misplaced his cool, as Safiullin logged the 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) victory.
Tiafoe was pissed off with a choice made by chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, however it seems that Pinoargote was properly inside his rights to dock Tiafoe for a time violation.
The replay exhibits Tiafoe late to the service line as he ready to serve at 5-all within the tiebreak, when he tosses the ball up within the air. Nevertheless it was clear that Tiafoe wasn’t going to hit the toss, which is why he was docked for the violation.
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“I tossed the ball and I used to be able to serve,” Tiafoe argued. “That’s the rule.”
Tiafoe did toss the ball, however was clearly not able to serve. We can’t see the clock within the video beneath, so we’ll need to assume that the 25-second clock wound right down to zero (Tiafoe wasn’t arguing that there was time on the clock).
Second which result in Tiafoe lashing out on the umpire.
Umpire gave him time violation warning and took his first serve away.
He stated ‘I’m not shopping for it, that is now second serve’
Tiafoe stated ‘ I tossed the ball, that is the rule’
— edgeAI (@edgeAIapp) October 8, 2024
After dropping the following two factors Tiafoe shook arms with Safiullin and hurled a myriad of obscenities at Pinoargote. He’ll actually be fined for his actions.
Warning: the video beneath options dangerous language:
ATP social media completely ignored Safiullin’s win over Tiafoe and… this is the reason.
Horrible habits from Frances, who ought to anticipate a giant positive. pic.twitter.com/LTy1ANi7Cw
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 8, 2024
