Nick Kyrgios demands chair umpire to be fired as he makes massive scoring error during Flavio Cobolli vs Stan Wawrinka match at 2024 Shanghai Masters
Nick Kyrgios called out chair umpire Carlos Bernardes for getting the scoring wrong and stated that he should have been fired years ago.
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Nick Kyrgios calls out Carlos Bernardes for scoring error during Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka match (Images via Eurosport, Imago)
Chair umpire Carlos Bernardes came under fire on Monday (October 7) for making a massive error that probably defined the outcome of the match between Flavio Cobolli and Stan Wawrinka at the 2024 Shanghai Masters. When a journalist flagged the mistake on social media, Australian ATP star Nick Kyrgios demanded that the chair umpire be fired.
The incident took place during the third set of the match. At 0-1, Wawrinka, who was serving, won the game’s first point when Cobolli missed a backhand return wide. Bernardes correctly called the score 15-0, before speaking into his Walkie-Talkie to request some electrolytes for Cobolli.
The play resumed after a brief stop and Cobolli won the next point with a soft drop shot that Wawrinka could only guide into the net. The chair umpire called the score again but said it was 0-30 when it was actually 15-15. Wawrinka then won one point to make it 15-30, before Cobolli won the next two to go 15-40 and then broke serve for a 2-0 lead.
Interestingly, no one, from the two players and their respective teams to the match officials, noticed this error and the match went on without any issue. Cobolli eventually clinched the decider 6-3 and won the match 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-3. Later, the scoring error was highlighted on social media platform X.
Quite a bizarre situation earlier in the Wawrinka-Cobolli 3rd set. Bernardes (probably distracted asking for something) called the score wrong in the 2nd game (0-30 instead of 15-15). Nobody noticed the error. Not even the players. Ended up being the only break of the match.
A journalist pointed out scoring error from Carlos Bernardes.
Quite a bizarre situation earlier in the Wawrinka-Cobolli 3rd set.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 7, 2024
Bernardes (probably distracted asking for something) called the score wrong in the 2nd game (0-30 instead of 15-15). Nobody noticed the error. Not even the players.
Ended up being the only break of the match. pic.twitter.com/Hjg2l6mLnM
The post gained a lot of traction and response with Kyrgios also sharing his views on the matter.
Nick Kyrgios demands Carlos Bernardes be fired
Nick Kyrgios did not hold back while criticizing Carlos Bernardes for his scoring error during the Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka match. The Australian tennis star suggested that Bernardes should have been fired years ago.
BERNARDES SHOULD OF BEEN FIRED YEARS AGO. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN. Potato.
Nick Kyrgios posted on X.
BERNARDES SHOILD OF BEEN FIRED YEARS AGO. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN. Potato.
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) October 8, 2024
According to the ATP rulebook, a scoring error is one of the situations that can be checked by Video Review, which is not yet widely operational across the ATP Tour and is used in concert with electronic line calling (ELC).
However, at the Shanghai Masters, line judges call balls in or out, and each player has three challenges per set with which they can review a call via Hawk-Eye technology.
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