Tennis World unleash their outburst on chair umpire due to controversial decision in Fritz vs Nakashima round 1 match in Cincinnati Open

The Cincinnati Open has started and there have already been some surprising results this season. There have been some big eliminations in the first round of the season which none of usw expected at all. This has clearly been a tournament full of unexpected turn of events featuring some of the top players in the tournaments who are favorites to win the tournament.

One of the most controversial and shocking games was between Taylor Fritz and Brandon Nakashima where there was no doubt that the American Olympic medalist was the favorite to win the tournament. This was another 3 set game where Fritz ended up losing the game and faced an early elimination in the tournament. This was also one of the most controversial matches as well and there are some people who are not happy with how thw game was officiated on the day.

Tennis World unleash an outburst

The match had some of the most controversial decision and one of them came in the second set where Nakashima was in the lead with a score of 3-2. Fritz had challenged that the ball was out, but the hawkeye technology was delayed which led to Fritz and Nakashima continuing the match. However the umpire stopped the game midway and the hawkeye showed that the ball was comfortably out, but instead of giving the point to Fritz the call was made to replay the point which did not sit well with anybody. Even the ATP players were not happy with this decision and unleashed an outburst on the chair umpire. The first tennnis player to show his frustration was Dennis Shapalov stating " They didn’t stop it in time. We played 6-7 more shots. If you would’ve stopped the point, we could’ve looked at it."

That was not all as the list of players contesting was Daniil Medvedev as well "Ridiculous decision.. ball is out, point is over, point to Fritz. How was this not the outcome?". It is safe to say that no one is happy with the case and it is evident that there is some faults in the system of how this match officiated.