Ernests Gulbis is usually the star of the Tennis Antics Show (we called him the "Roger Federer of quote-giving"), but yesterday, it was his oppoenent, Serb Viktor Troicki, that amused us all. He was convinced that a Gulbis backhand was out, and he checked the mark that the ball left in the clay. The ball had initially been called in, but the chair umpire overruled it. Troicki was 100% convinced that it was in, yet the umpire refused to agree with him. Troicki even brings the camera with him to show us all the mark, which is probably the most dominant move an athlete has ever made over an umpire. It also included the legendary, almost-grammatically-correct line: "You can see it from the space!"
It's hard to tell from the crappy video if the ball was in (and it kind of looks like he's pointing at a different ball, way inside the line?), but it's strange that there's a dispute when there's a mark. Either the mark shows it's in, or it shows that it's out.
Troicki didn't retire and eventually lost the match, 6-1, 6-1. But Troicki was the winner in our hearts, causing the umpire to (probably) take a five-year leave from umpiring to repair his battered psyche. The umpire reportedly ate sixteen McGabagool's With Cheese and flooded his hotel room with tears.
Rich Eisen It takes a very steady hand. RT @nateriemer: @richeisen just don't let them catch you pulling it out to re-drop. Gets ugly.
More Info: The Association of basketball players calls a strike starting from 26 May
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