Hurkacz bizarrely asks Dimitrov if he wants to change chair umpires in the middle of the match
Hubert Hurkacz proposed changing chair umpires during his Roland-Garros match against Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. Hurkacz eventually lost in straight sets.
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You can watch tennis for a long time and never see something that happened in the Roland-Garros fourth-round match between Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz on Sunday evening.
Hurkacz actually proposed changing chair umpires in the middle of the match — and did so in such a casual fashion that it was as if he assumed it was a routine possibility.
The eighth-ranked Pole disagreed with a call while Dimitrov was serving at 4-5 in the third set. He argued with chair umpire Alison Hughes after a forehand he hit was called wide, even going so far as to ask for the supervisor — even though the supervisor would be unable to impact any judgement call regarding a mark on a clay court.
After holding serve for 6-5, Hurkacz confronted Dimitrov at the ensuing change of ends.
Hurkacz: “G, you wanna make a change? Or you want to continue with the lady here?”
Dimitrov: “Want to continue with what?”
Hurkacz: “I mean if you want to continue with the lady here, or you’re fine, or you wanna change. That’s what I’m saying. Up to you.”
Dimitrov: “Honestly, it’s whatever you want to do.”
There was, of course, no change in umpires. Hurkacz went on to lose 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3).
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