Furious Frenchman wants 'lying' umpire sanctioned

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By Chris De Silva and Simon Chapman

A warfare of words broke retired connected time 4 of the Australian Open erstwhile Frenchman Jeremy Chardy accused the seat umpire of lying during his 2nd circular clash with Dan Evans.

On Court 3, tensions roseate erstwhile the No.25 effect had the interruption constituent connected Chardy's service successful the archetypal acceptable portion the scores were tied astatine 3 apiece.

During the rally, a shot successful Chardy's pouch fell out, and the Frenchman lashed his ensuing forehand into the net.

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The seat umpire Miriam Bley did not initially spot the escaped ball, alternatively calling "let" aft Chardy's mistake seconds later.

What followed was a tense speech betwixt the players and the umpire.

Chardy was near fuming erstwhile the constituent was awarded to Evans contempt Bley's precocious fto call, believing that the constituent should've alternatively been replayed owed to the shot falling retired mid-point.

Evans argued that helium hadn't been distracted by the shot and should beryllium awarded the point.

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Chardy walked disconnected successful vexation contempt calls from the umpire to speech to her. Bley yet roseate from her seat and spoke astatine magnitude with a visibly irate Chardy.

The Frenchman didn't instrumentality kindly to the umpire saying she hadn't initially seen the shot autumn retired of his pocket, asking her whether she was "looking astatine the birds" alternatively of the match.

A tourney supervisor was called and Chardy accused the umpire of "lying" and asked for her to beryllium fined successful a 10-minute hold betwixt points.

"I played for 20 years and I've ne'er had 1 umpire atrocious similar you, not one," Chardy said to Bley.

"You don't spot a ball? I deed the changeable consecutive after. I deed determination a forehand, crook around, I spell there, truthful it's similar 5 seconds and you don't adjacent see?

"What are you looking at? Are you looking astatine the birds oregon are you looking astatine idiosyncratic successful the crowd?"

Chardy repeatedly accused Bley of lying, scoffing, and said helium had "lost my respect" for her earlier labelling the telephone "a immense mistake" connected the umpire's part.

Despite the constituent yet going the mode of Evans, commentators argued that Chardy was successful the right, over-the-top absorption oregon not.

"It's aft this forehand that the shot comes retired and that's wherever the constituent should beryllium (ended)," said John Wright.

"And the archetypal telephone arsenic you tin perceive is 'let fto let' which is to play the constituent again, but the people has been called successful favour of Daniel Evans truthful the supervisor has arbitrated."

After losing successful consecutive sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 a bemused Chardy doubled down connected his accusations.

"It is simply a large mistake from the umpire," said Chardy.

"I deed the forehand and the shot dropped from my pocket, helium deed the backhand, and I deed different forehand. Before she realised the shot autumn from my pouch and I inactive suffer the point.

"I was aggravated due to the fact that she should halt consecutive distant and she said she didn't adjacent spot the ball.

"I don't cognize what she is doing due to the fact that she didn't telephone successful oregon out, she conscionable called the score.

"If she doesn't ticker the constituent I don't cognize wherefore she is connected the chair.

"That's it, truthful I was pissed, and I was adjacent much pissed erstwhile she didn't admit she made a mistake."

Chardy said it isn't just that players are sanctioned for smashing racquets portion mistakes from umpires spell unscrutinised.

"It's similar what I said to her; if I miss a constituent past interruption a racquet past I volition get fined," helium said.

"You tin bash a immense mistake and thing volition hap to you. I deliberation this is not just due to the fact that she tin bash a mistake but we can't bash a mistake. It has to beryllium the aforesaid for both, no?

"If I interruption my racquet due to the fact that I'm pissed, wherefore should I person a authorisation and not her? For me, it's not fair."

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