Netizens angry over ‘poor officiating’ at Paris Masters as ‘horribly’ wrong umpiring error costs Daniil Medvedev game against Alexei Popyrin
Tennis fans expressed anger over poor officiating by the chair umpire during Alexei Popyrin's Paris Masters victory over Daniil Medvedev.
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Alexei Popyrin and Daniil Medvedev (via Ahram Online/Sports Illustrated)
Alexei Popyrin has continued his impressive form at the Paris Masters by beating Daniil Medvedev in the Round of 32. The victory was the Australian star’s sixth Top 10 win of the year. However, the on-court action was once again hampered due to a wrong call by a match official.
Popyrin has been at his best game since the North American hard court swing. He claimed his first Masters 1000 title in Canada after defeating Andrey Rublev in the final.
Popyrin even earned his first win against Novak Djokovic at the US Open. Leading up to the Paris Masters, however, the 25-year-old was struggling with game rhythm, having won just one match in his last three tournaments.
He managed to find his rhythm against Medvedev, which gave him the much-needed victory. Popyrin began the the match well, leading 4-1 before the Russian began to play more aggressively.
Medvedev double-faulted after tying the score to give Popyrin the match point. He got better in the second set, giving the Australian no chance and pushing the match to a decider. In the third set, both players upped their game, but things got spicy after Medvedev recovered to tie the score 4-4.
Then Popyrin, serving to save a breakpoint, hit a lob that clipped the side of the line, which was called out by the line judge. But the chair umpire said he could not change the call and said that the point would be replayed, which did not sit well with Popyrin.
Watch a video of the incident below:
Line judge calls a ball out during a rally between Popyrin & Medvedev.
— edgeAI (@edgeAIapp) October 30, 2024
Replay shows it was in but umpire says it will be replay the point.
Umpire says “that’s a terrible call, I know”
Popyrin says ‘that’s f*cked up, I don’t want to play’pic.twitter.com/aGKYeIgskN
But, Popyrin recovered quickly and won the replay with a superb forehand volleyball. He rode the momentum and won the match 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) in two hours and 33 minutes. It was his first victory against Medvedev, after losing three of their previous meetings.
Fans on social media slammed the umpire for his “terrible call” in Alexei Popyrin’s victory over Daniil Medvedev
Fans on social media slammed the chair umpire for deciding to go with the line judge’s call despite knowing that it was wrong. Poor officiating decisions in the ATP have become a norm in recent weeks. It was a constant issue at the recently-concluded Shanghai Masters as well.
Alexei Popyrin managed to overcome the issue, even though he was furious with the umpire. He did well to recover quickly and win the deciding set against Daniil Medvedev. Fans have since taken to social media to slam the umpire for his officiating.
Here are some of the fan reactions:
Terrible call in the Alexei Popyrin and Daniil Medvedev match at the Paris Masters.
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 30, 2024
Alexei was serving to save break point.
He hit a lob that clipped the side of the line that was called out by the line judge.
The umpire said there was nothing he could do.
11 minute game.… pic.twitter.com/ChQCWrWv4g
Who's the umpire for this match?
— izzie (@foxscxlly) October 30, 2024
Very poor officiating
— Pops1948 (@pmbrown1948) October 30, 2024
Umpiring in tennis now a days??
— DIBYANSHU (@DIBYANSHU737634) October 30, 2024
Get electronic line calling ffs
— Astheworldfell (@astheworldfell) October 30, 2024
It's only human that line judges and umpires made mistakes.
— Tan Gim Hoe (@TanGimHoe) October 30, 2024
It's like an unforced or forced error that players made.
Yeah, I understand the impact on the match is huge. But still.
What a joke?? The ball are In
— Debora123 (@Deboraleeeeee) October 30, 2024
The whole thing was that Meddy continued to play the point and Pop ended it with the open court the line judges call in no way impeded Daniil's play at the ball so the point should have been awarded to Pop rather than replay point. It was on a break point op for Med as well.
— The Unseeded ? ?? (@myworldoftennis) October 30, 2024
Popyrin has shown good form in Bercy. He beat Italian Matteo Berrettini 7-5, 7-6 (2) in the first round and Medvedev in three sets in the second. The Australian will face either Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard or Karen Khachanov in the Round of 16.
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