Nicolas Jarry was involved in one of the most controversial games in the season during his Paribas Nordic Open match against Elias Ymer in Stockholm. The Czech player is seen leaning over the net causing an altercation between the chair umpire and his opponent. This led to a huge debate in the tennis world on who was in the right and who was in the wrong.
The Nordic Open match between Czech star Nicolas Jarry and Elias Ymer was one of the most intense matches of the tournament so far. Both players had a great face-off during the 3-set battle which eventually went in favor of Jarry who won the match after being one set down in the beginning.
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The net leaning controversy
The game of tennis along with some exciting matches has its fair share of rules. One of the rules is that a player cannot reach over the net unless the ball has bounced on his side, however in this match which was also the last point of the match, Jarry after hitting the winner leaned over the net, and the umpire still awarded him the final point saying that he leaned over after the ball had passed. This even caused an altercation between Ymer and the umpire as he was confronting the official about whether he had touched the net or not.
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This will go down as one of the controversial points in the game of tennis. There is already a lot of debate around this final point with people criticising the players and the umpires.
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