One of the clashes Canadian Masters 1000 Found a rule that was hidden in the rules of tennis. It happened in a first-round match between Francis Tiafoe and Milos Raonic with a set point in favor of the American.

The action occurs when Raonic He hits a forehand from the back of the court and the ball hits the net but goes to the other side. tiafoe He starts running and comes in, hitting a cross shot that his opponent can’t reach.

However, the world number nine cannot stop and because of the inertia of his career ends up hitting the net. A priori, the point would be of Raonic that as soon as he sees how Tiafoe hits the net, start complaining.

However, it was then that part of the rules that a large part of tennis fans were unaware of was revealed. The chair umpire, after analyzing what happened, award the point to Tiafoejustifying that he had touched the net but only the fragment which covers the dual trackwhich exempted him from losing the point.

Immediately after, the Canadian rebounds and begins to protest to the referee to the point of asking the player to go down the track. supervisor to review the action. As expected, the second opinion also favors Tiafoe and the American is finished aim for the first set.

However, it was of no use to the tennis player from Maryland who ended up losing the match in the next two sets. Raonic, despite having won the victory, showed his displeasure for the decision after the game.

“The rule is clear, but the speech has been changed too many times and honestly if a ball hit that section of the net and went in, I think it would be considered part of the net, not a permanent structure. I have no faith that they were completely honestthey mishandled it by any standard,” the Canadian said.

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