The Chinese woman Shui Zhang faced yesterday (18.07) at the Budapest tournament the “hostess” Amarissa Toth. The referee of the match decided on a shot by Zhang – which clearly found the line – not to count the point in her favor, with the Chinese tennis player not believing in this decision to her detriment.
All efforts on practice were wrong, because when you wanted hitting closer to the line, even touched the line still OUT …..
I love you guys and all girls who support me and stand by my side pic.twitter.com/ZZt28KdbRE
— Shuai Zhang (@zhangshuai121) July 18, 2023
The referee he went down to see the sign and yet this did not make her change her judgment, giving the point to the host of the match. The 34-year-old Chinese woman immediately requested her operationsupervisorbut the referee ignored her again, while at the same time Toth took the initiative to erase the mark with her foot to end the event.
Zhang, seeing her opponent make this move, became even more enraged, causing her to panic attack. She sat inconsolably on the bench and decided to leave the match under these circumstances.
Before leaving for the locker room, she shook hands with the referee and Toth, who – despite what preceded – was celebrating with her hands up.
I went to check the controversial point between Shuai Zhang and Kiara Toth and I really don’t have words for how bad the umpire was for this mark. @WTA it’s really time you do something and investigate these, they can’t make such big mistakes at this level. This is pure robbery pic.twitter.com/2jr6MY3tDU
— LorenaPopa ????+??? (@popalorena) July 18, 2023
erasing the ball mark and celebrating when your opponent retires from the match is a new low for sportsmanship in tennispic.twitter.com/lU3ORaGL7T
— Ryan (@Some1NamedRyan) July 18, 2023
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