Bonus Tennis Drama | Part 09 | No Water For You!

A collection of drama scenes that weren't able to make into the main drama series. These scenes occurred during many past periods of times and on various different court surfaces. Featuring Serena Williams, Iga Świątek, Bianca Andreescu, Laura Siegemund, Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino, Anastasija Sevastova, Donna Vekić, Catherine "Caty" McNally, Camila Giorgi, Karolína Plíšková, Elena Rybakina and More
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[@turosfagyi]

I've never been so infuriated by a bad umpire decision as in Swiatek's case. So basically the umpire claimed that the call was late and didn't affect Swiatek's action. WTF? For this to be true, the call would have needed to come after Swiatek made her shot, AND Vekic made her shot, AND Swiatek failed to return the ball. So an out call that comes two shots later than the actual shot. The fact that the umpire threatened to give Swiatek a code violation if she kept arguing made this even more outrageous.

[@kamilkrupinski1793]

It was in early 2020. I wonder if the umpire would be that way now.

[@_Simkim]

She was utterly clueless about what had happened. I've seen that situation a few times: once the 'out' is called, the umpire seems to lose track of the play or forgets about it immediately after, so, by the time she had to make a decision, she was obviously thinking about a different scenario. And unfortunately Swiatek wasn't able to stop and explain the play step by step. It's a really bad mistake, but there's no reason why technology can't help with these blatant situations. It would take much less time than what they normally spend arguing.

[@anneneville6255]

I see how uncomfortable she was arguing. She is definitely very introverted person and felt bad. The umpire used that and behaved very arrogant

[@slyjokerg]

That was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" kind of thing. I said "that was in" before anything happened. It was fairly clearly in, as the replay demonstrated. But it was called out, so play stops at that instant. So, it is a "replay the point" UNLESS the call interfered with the returning player's shot OR the returning player didn't have a play on the ball. Well... not only did Swiatek have a play on it, SHE GOT IT BACK. How it could be ruled Vekic's point, I have no idea. Vekic was going to win the point if the bad call wasn't made, since, for all practical reality, she did win it. Swiatek honestly played it back and Vekic easily hit a winner that didn't count. There is every reason to believe that is what would have happened if the bad call wasn't made. But the call WAS made, which means that Vekic should have been half screwed by having to replay the point.. still having a chance to win the 0-15 point. As it was stupidly, wrongly ruled by the chair, Swiatek got the screwing, since, even though she would have lost the point had it been played out without the bad call, it 100% should have been replayed, by the rules. The chair screwed that up royally, including that she DID rightfully say that the point would be replayed, and then either reneged on that, or forgot what she just said. Crying shame.

[@sorongvanl]

The umpire doesn't recall what actually happened.

[@Christiancsilva13]

Kosheleva is up there with Zhang as the worst umpires. How cant you tell what just happened in front of you? And how can you make decisions on what you dont remember??? Jezzz

[@lammie001]

Swiatek has a terrible way of explaining what happened though.

[@jiastaburuagac]

English is not her first language and was still improving it 🙃

[@juha1428]

It's not her native language so it's not always easy to find the right words in a back and forth conversation.

[@anthonya9583]

She explained it pretty well imo.. the umpire is just stubbornly wrong

[@kajdacci]

even william shakespeare wouldn't be able to explain her this simple rule

[@matejsoulek3419]

Try explaining in Polish next time and then speak:)))

[@lukasmelchior3498]

Kosheleva is such a bad umpire, Iga was absolutely right in this clip.

[@alancosta4760]

When you need to explain rules to the umpire the thing is real bad

[@lukasmelchior3498]

@@alancosta4760 I saw many clips of her and it's crazy how many mistakes she makes on basic rules. And she is never willing to admit that maybe she was wrong, you can see there, she's threatens Iga with a code violation because she knows that she made a mistake and doesn't want to admit it.

[@pastel4k]

she makes so many appearances on this channel. she can have a whole video dedicated to her, she's just awful

[@TheMitchie21]

@@lukasmelchior3498 That's the problem with almost all the umpires. They make a ton of mistakes and are never willing to admit that they are wrong. I'd like to see umpires get interviewed after the match and get video's shown of their incompetence. Like they do with football referee's.

[@hugowalker-mizgalski7641]

Can someone start a petition to get her fired she is a joke

[@zoejohnson992]

It's terrible what happened to Swiatek. She clearly kept the ball in play and only stopped because of the call. Vekic knew it too

[@James.c]

I'm not sure, Swiatek lifted her hand to challenge as well

[@justiceisanillusion5602]

It's terrible what happened to Swiatek, lmao, she is LYING. She sad the call affected her shot, when she raised her hand to challenge, so clearly she didnt hear it before after, so the point shouldnt be replayed.

[@souleymenmzk6219]

@@justiceisanillusion5602 she played the ball "in", so yes it should be replayed

[@oscarmerveilleux2633]

if you go by the rules than yes the point should be replayed but with the situation its quite logical that it shouldn’t she clearly was gonna challenged and would’ve stopped playing so no the point should not have been replayed

[@TheMitchie21]

@@oscarmerveilleux2633 What is logical about that situation? The moron umpire forgot what happened and decided to go with what vekic said instead of actually paying attention herself. The linesman called out and after that she hit the volley. 100% replay. Anyone saying otherwise has 0 clue about tennis and it's rules and should keep their mouth shut

[@cyrocyanide]

Swiatek saying "Hi!" to the camera is the most wholesome thing in the world

[@1997Manji]

I want a girlfriend as cute as her ❤️

[@einarsd4]

@@1997Manji Me too. Swiatek is so adorable. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@viviennetutunaru1]

Adorableeeeee

[@coldvoid]

omfg, bunch of simps 🙄

[@Conradcoffee]

Made me so happy 🥹

[@RFRN-yw2xj]

If it was Fogini or kyrgios instead of Iga, I swear it would be the last day of the chair umpire on earth

[@ami6272]

"Come c*zzo fai, it touched the white line, madonna ohhh" Fabio would have absolutely demolished her!

[@banane9861]

Then imagine Putinseva in that same situation

[@anikasworld1070]

Haha!

[@brucee6123]

Kosheleva, learning on the job, apparently. Asking players what happened is hardly the way to inspire confidence in your umpiring skills.

[@parkercrossland410]

I don't understand what the umpire was thinking with the Swiatek/Vekic issue. Swiatek returned the ball in, so whether the call was made before or after the shot, the point has to be replayed. I get judgement calls being wrong, but that wasn't a judgement call it was just a misapplication of the rules. Perhaps this is just the American in me as well but it seems like people are so bad at explaining situations properly. I know what Swiatek was trying to say, she just said it in a confusing manner. The fact that they can't show a tv replay of the point with audio on court to determine what happened is also a travesty.

[@BobCakez]

So many of these tennis dramas come down to the fact we have three or five people communicating in a second language and struggling to find the words to clearly express themselves. It also doesn’t help one one player gets aggy and starts butting in and hangs onto mistranslations and ignores all attempts at clarity.

[@parkercrossland410]

@@BobCakez That's why having an on court replay system should be mandatory, and umpires should be required to have a rulebook on hand that players can ask for an excerpt from if they believe a rule has been misconstrued.

[@bartk.2702]

@@BobCakez Agreed. I feel like at least the umpires should have a strong mastery of the English language so they can explain their reasoning. Too often they're stumbling over their words even more than the players and just repeat the same broken sentences over and over again without giving a comprehensible explanation

[@Jerome15817]

It's a shame that umpires can be sometimes like this. Swiatek was clearly in the right, and it's such a simple rule to follow.

[@ElectricanMV]

Wow, how mature Iga is to keep her composure in such an absurd situation. So bad from her opponent for trying to cheat by confusing the umpire even more.

[@anthonydecastro6938]

What an incompetent umpire, the Swiatek-Vekic match!!! Why is she allowed to continue umpiring? She's appeared in these scenarios several times, her stupidity really astounds!!! It is not a question of facts but of the application of the rules. And she thinks she has the final decision when that too is a decision for the supervisor to make! Incompetent and quite the bully!!! WTA, do something!!!

[@Kiki-lo5xb]

You know it's bad when Swiatek is arguing with umpire... It was the only time I have seen her argue with umpire since she came on senior tour. Vekic also was sly, the way it was before Iga's breakthrough she said multiple times that she got robbed off by umpires like that cause she was playing someone with higher ranking or better tennis federation behind. Also her little Hi after is the peak of Iga. Love her.

[@Trepur349]

If Iga wasn't already one of my favourite players she would be after that

[@NursingConnection]

Are you kidding she argues all the time.

[@echoes222]

@@NursingConnection who? Iga? Nope, she doesn't.

[@leonardoRB1417]

All Iga does it's destroy the other girls !

[@Trepur349]

@@NursingConnection Can you show me one other example where she's argued with the umpire

[@yankeeromeoalpha]

A whole episode without Putinseva? Impossible!

[@ami6272]

Is this a first on the channel? Please someone confirm this!

[@g2luizhenrique]

😂😂😂😂

[@hilldiga9112]

It's because these are only the bonus clips, her clips are too good

[@benchinho]

And no ostapenko... The world's going to end...

[@schanderson]

@@ami6272 I think it's the second as far as I know

[@thebigsquirrel50]

Appearance leaderboard Paire 20 Putintseva 15 Ostapenko 12 Kyrigos 9 Fognini 8 Sakkari, Moutet 7 Cornet 6 Djokovic, Sandgren, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Collins, Van Uytvank, Evans 5 Siniakova, Dzumhur, Zverev, Tauson, Zhang, Shapovalov, Giorgi 4 Tig, Tomljanovic, Wozniacki, Mladenovic, Olivo, Sock, Bublik, Khachanov, Karatsev, Yastremska, Rublev 3 Simon, Giorgi's dad, Pouille, Opelka, Gautier, Kokkinakis, Gulbis, Azarenka, Hurkacz, Ruud, Juvan, Verdasco, McNally, Siegemund, Pliskova 2 Novak (not Djokovic), Cirstea, Muhammed, Pegula, Pospisil, Ramanathan, Johnson, Fritz, Monfils, Rune, Schwartzman, Carreno Busta, Herbert, Krajinovic, Hellovarra, Koepfer, Ajdukovic, Martinez, Benchetrit, Struff, Roca Batalla, Delbonis, Prisăcariu, Berettini, Riske, Albot, V./S. Williams, Bautista Agut, Kuhn, Ivashka, Auger-Aliassime, Cilic, Rakhimova, Golubic, Sabalenka, Kalinskaya, Mertens, Kudermetova, Xu, Yang, Brooksby, Coria, Rinderknech, Potapova, Teichmann, Haddad Maia, Fernandez, Halep, Mannarino, Bopanna, Altmaier, Blanch, Stephens, Swiatek, Vekic, Sevastova, Doi, Andreescu, Rybakina 1

[@ehrenamtlicherehrenmann4152]

Start adding some umpires, maybe that‘ll be interesting as well.

[@thebigsquirrel50]

@@ehrenamtlicherehrenmann4152 that would be interesting 🤔

[@yeskimkim]

I appreciate your effort on this comment. Thank you

[@sbrosier2383]

Now that is dedication 👏

[@DarkXAngel55]

And yet Andreescu is this drama queen? I think this shows she’s far from it unlike shit load of other players.

[@xXGizMonkeyXx]

i'm livid for Iga there. too many umpires get those calls so wrong and its unreal to me with how blatant that call was, absolutely unreal. also shows how mature of a player she is and has been from a young age for still shaking the umpires hand and keeping (most of) her cool, a great world no.1 for sure

[@__________________4241]

Kosheleva can’t be an umpire at a pro event. That’s absolutely unacceptable

[@DavidBouvier]

The line judge in the first Williams and Wozniacki Clip was standing to cover the singles line so obviously just had a bit of a lapse but still will go down as one of the worst calls ever 😂

[@BobCakez]

Very first points of the match, possibly the first call that line umpire had to make, yeah the poor line judge had put themselves in singles mode and hadn’t yet woken up!

[@helenivanic1628]

Did that line judge know that it was a double’s match?

[@falks941]

Iga was 100% right, and I can’t believe Vekic took that point.

[@ryantraniam]

I actually thought so too, until I read a comment pointing out that Swiatek pointed her finger to indicate a challenge. I watched the clip again and Swiatek does indeed motion for a challenge basically at the same time as the "out" call was made. In that case, Swiatek stops the point to challenge and it just so happens that the ball was also called "out" at the same time. Therefore, if the ball had not been called "out" then Swiatek's challenge would have gone through and she would've lost the challenge and lost the point. Had Swiatek not motioned for a challenge then 100% I would agree that the umpire made a bad call and they point should've been replayed since Swiatek did indeed return Vekic's ball. So essentially, it's debatable whether Swiatek stops play because the ball was called "out" or because she actually wanted to challenge.

[@ryantraniam]

@@bibek6713 why would she challenge if the ball is called out

[@ryantraniam]

@@bibek6713 ok so iga challenged and lost the challenge therefore she concedes the point to opponent

[@ryantraniam]

@@bibek6713 it’s debateable whether iga stopped to challenge or stopped due to the call

[@doloresvancartier4249]

Oh stop she put her hand up saying the ball was out. The ball was in so she was wrong. She called the ball and stopped play herself. She wouldn’t have run to the other ball because she put her hand up and stopped play.

[@einarsd4]

8:11 Iga Swiatek being the absolutely nicest and most friendly tennis player of all time. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

I'm still trying to figure out how an umpire can literally forget that she told Iga "yes, it's replay the point" within 10 or so seconds of being asked. Then the whole "It doesn't matter what I said" is something *straight out of Orwell*

[@sorongvanl]

Well the umpire is kind of right here. It doesn't matter. What matters is what she decides now (and yes, that can contradict a previous statement). The decision was the wrong one though, imo.

[@dayostical]

So I just became a Swiatek fan, was on the fence about her but the way she handled herself and the "Hi" at the end sold me.

[@Peace2humankind]

Let's not complicate things, the Swiatek umpire made one of the top 5 mistakes of all time bc she completely didn't know what happened after the out call and the WTA and ATP tell umpires to stick to their guns no matter what bc it would be a disaster if they admit to missing something or not remembering. So instead of saying she was confused she made a bigger fool of herself by spewing platitudes that didn't even apply to the situation. Once the ball is called out the only thing in contention is if the call affected the player hitting the shot, not the following shot, or in this case the following, following shot haha. The point is literally over so the umpire is saying Iga should have disregarded the out call and Donna's volley And shame on Donna, I like her a bit less just now.

[@MO_1996]

8:10 one of the cutest "Hi"s I have ever seen

[@eugenengumbao]

Iga is such a sweetheart. Couldn't have asked for a better World#1 ❤

[@joegurt1927]

I've been following this channel for a while so I've seen many controversial calls, but the Swiatek one is honestly unbelievable. Not only did the ump completely misjudge the situation, but she also got Vekic involved for some reason (btw terrible sportsmanship displayed by Vekic)

[@charliechaz1982]

Apart from the fact it is adorable that little smile and 'Hi' from Iga shows a great deal about her character. Despite all that happened, she had dealt with it and was unstressed and calm. She seems ever so grounded and down to earth and hasn't changed at all since becoming successful. She is going to be a great no1

[@ramonecricket5183]

Maybe it's because I'm a Swiatek fan, but that BS from Vekic and the chair umpire makes me want to retrospectively slap them both. She made the next shot!

[@falks941]

I’m glad Serena took that first call in good humour. I’ve never seen worse.

[@tjg801]

How is that Swiatek umpire not fired? She forgets what happened way too much.

[@marianagaoka9687]

Iga is a great player (now she is #1) and has a great attitude. She never got angry or was disrespectful to the chair umpire even though Iga knew she was right. And she kept insisting because she knew the point had to be replayed, not given to the opponent.

[@olllllley]

Wow, can WTA finally check the competence of their umpires once and for all? I mean there are also good ones, but Kosheleva is just clueless on what is going on and I am baffled on her decision. Im following and rooting for a tennis player from my country that is WTA top 5 but I am a always admiring the mature behaviour and talent of Swiatek, because she can keep her calm and manners even in such ridiculous cases caused by such incompitent umpire like we see in this video. Props to Swiatek for keeping her nerve in such unfair situation and still win the match. Thats clearly one of the reasons why she is nr1 and will probably stay there for long time :)

[@olllllley]

Also such poor sportsmanship from Vekić, she clearly knew Swiatek was right in this situation but was randomly arguing and not making any sense. Surprised she has even been WTA19, hopefully and probably the highest she will be at her career.

[@rnsw4572]

0:15 That lines person against Serena probably thought it was singles lol probably the worst call ever 😂

[@weSnooker]

Swiatek robbed. Vekic could of been honest too instead of trying to cheat.

[@hovz-zo8lf]

Kosheleva is the worst.

[@JMLEE96TV]

Vekic and umpire in Swiatek match are both pretty unlikeable...

[@leclercqthibaut5288]

Getting a warning because you're waiting for your opponent to get ready... This is penalizing sportsmanship. Most stupid call ever from an umpire.

[@jasontong7989]

"you can't tell me to code the other player".... how condescending WOW

[@rafarequeni822]

So true, by the way. You can't ask for other players to be sanctioned.

[@anneneville6255]

Did she give her tho? I mean, Vekic threw her racquet ?

[@_Simkim]

10:54: 'Sorry, it's just for your own protection'. The madness of the pandemic at its peak.

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Omg, poor Swiatek!! She was totally right, replay! Vekic totally influenced that umpire, who shoulda just watch a replay to realize one stops playing when a linesman calls OUT! 🙈😖

[@onetwocue]

Iga, no matter how much that point sucked, look at where you are right now! I will always quote, "I'm into the next round, where is she? Isn't she on a plane or something?" 'Maria Sharapova'

[@qvyti]

kosheleva could’ve just admitted she was wrong..

[@adamhasideas6813]

These videos are pure gold!! So hilarious that Hibino got a time violation warning while she was waiting for Doi to get in place with her cramping problem. That will teach her to have compassion for the opponent! Sheesh! And you wouldn't believe the Swiatek situation if you hadn't seen the video, unbelievable. She handled it so well, that's why she is where she is.

[@LaChazzz]

Swiatek's match really shows why tennis tournamenets need video review for these kind of situations. Being an umpire is not easy and people can do mistakes, but these shouldn't impact the game when we now have the technology to solve them. And maybe make umpires more accountable for these mistakes as well, it's crazy how many of these happen...

[@gwynnegonzales9856]

The umpire in swiatek’s game irritates me 🙄 clearly she was in the wrong, but abused her authority to point of threatening a code violation. Also, Vekic taking advantage by saying regardless of the fact, 15-15 was already announced 🙄 clearly understandable to want to win, but very unsportman attitude! Then when Vekic OBVIOUSLY commited a racket abuse, she had the nerve to say swiatek can’t order her to give a code violation 🤦🏽‍♀️ why can’t they provide the umpires video recall to solve these kind of issues everytime they are unsure of what happened? And I hope the umpires are penalized for every mistake they make the same way they penalized players. So glad Swiatek won the game! The best way to retaliate 👏🏽

[@jaymercer4692]

In all honesty I think often the umpires are right but with Swiatek she was 100% and blatantly in the right.

[@tellocas0]

Little Swiatek ! Poor thing - you were right. But look at you now girl! That little blip meant nothing in the long run👊🏾 LOOK 👏🏿AT👏🏿YOU👏🏿NOWWWWWWW

[@ercanyesiltas]

Swiatek was the smartest person in the room by a mile

[@gmansp77]

That umpire in the Swiatek match was so wrong. How could that be Vekic’s point if the ball was called out?! I hope she was fined for this!!

[@ercanyesiltas]

plus she didnt give a warning for racket abuse

[@anneneville6255]

And why didn’t she give her code violation for trowing the racquet ?!

[@KieranFuller17]

8:11 - Iga Swiatek being the cutest cutsie of all time! What a woman.

[@TulusCiptadi]

Now Iga is world number 1 and Vekic the cheater is where?

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

“On a plane somewhere!” -to quote Maria Sharapova

[@viviennetutunaru1]

This covid, protection issue is the most useless thing i've even seen.

[@tiagobraga5248]

Swiatek's situation is ridiculous. Hope the umpire faced the consequences

[@montblanc6453]

Vekic's volley was on a dead ball. How can the umpire not understand that? Clear replay. Additionally she reverses her original decision to replay the point and says "it doesn't matter what I said". It does matter. You've made a call. She's all over the shop.

[@wild3estdreams10]

Iga queen was robbed. Look at her and Donna now haha not comperable😘

[@sbrosier2383]

That umpire in the Swiatek match is a joke

[@anthonya9583]

Swiatek was right.. and watching this again I kinda feel like the umpire had no clue whatsoever as to what the rules are and what happened.. at first she agreed with Iga then changed her mind once she saw Donna disagreed.. also she didn't know if she called the score and then said it doesn't matter.. also didn't know if Iga put the ball in play 😂 and generally I felt like she just agreed with Donna because she thought what Donna said sounded correct.. not because she saw what happened.. like.. no offense but why do these umpires still have a job?

[@pincel1996]

Every time i see Iga i feel like she's my younger sister and it's my duty to protect her. Love her. Hoping she continues to do well.

[@guadalupebelengreco2566]

Poor Iga, she was clearly anguished😔

[@user-hh1kd5ty3x]

I think 99% of the time, when umpires are humble enough to say 18:30 i might have missed it. Then players move on a lot more easily.

[@123HappyMad]

I’m sorry, but the first horrible call on Serena is so funny 😂 Like it wasn’t even remotely close to being out. It wasn’t even on the damn line. Serena said, “Can I challenge?” 💀

[@hovz-zo8lf]

I love your channel. Can you do an omnimbus of players like Putitnseva, Ostapenko, Paire, Evans, or others that are frequent stars of this channel? lol I love it.

[@frankie7935]

Iga's little "Hi!" at the end !

[@aridreams567]

We saw the same exact thing happen with another match like Swiatek. I think is was Zhang? I can't quite remember. But something was called out and she put it back in play, but there was no redo called.

[@AceKillerish]

Iga's point should be replayed for me because of her reflex after the line umpire said "out"

[@lianbergancia]

bianca andreescu is just outrageous.as if she doesn't know that rule on serving

[@tranbui6310]

Nice then 3-0 for Swiatek against Vekic. And a bagel 😉 she deserves that Influenced the umpire to rob a point from a 19 year-old kid, but unlucky for her that kid has become a multiple GS Champ 🤣

[@foxpandaman5854]

make it 4-0 now🤪

[@MrPv3000]

the umpire in swiateks game needs to be penalized by wta ASAP. the mistake was huge, she just needed to pay attention, its an absuurd

[@slyjokerg]

The reason for the first call is obvious. The stupid linesperson was on the single's sideline, rather than calling the double's line. It is 100% believable that the chair was blocked by her computer. Every chair umpire overrules that obvious mistake if he/she sees it at all.

[@mrpat7569]

The drama with Andreescu is crazy... ive seen games with Venus doing 3 toss ups and never a time code. smh!!

[@cameronbedeau8542]

Exactly!! She's taken over a minute to serve on occasions.A re toss definitely stops the clock or else Venus would have got heaps of those time violations. So the umpire was wrong or lying here

[@tc442]

For sanitary reasons we can't give water! It's safer if he dies of dehydration instead of someone providing him a water bottle. Insanity!

[@TheAltarOfKez]

That first shot was so close you can hardly fault the line umpire for getting it wrong.

[@coco-qd3sn]

Why do they keep giving that poor woman a time violation?! Clearly she was pain and something was wrong. How cruel.

[@201401128]

The fact that the Iga situation ever became the Iga situation, and the fact that there is no video replay framework used for officiating, and the fact that there is no accountability framework for referees............................ #Frameworks

[@vanessatodayc275]

umpire wants hibino to serve while doi stretching. give violation to doi again not hibino.

[@kavishwarmokal124]

5:24 these all fault of lineman and chair umpire.

[@blakewalsh879]

I may not be a tennis expert but Swiatek was completely right. If an umpire yells out then the ball is no longer in play. It’s a dead ball at that point.

[@nike10is]

The line ump called Serena’s ball out because she was on the wrong line…she was watching the singles sideline instead of the doubles line.

[@ricclee8559]

Players like Vekic, Yastremska, Cibulkova, Putinseva are probably blood related

[@miksu5079]

wtf the lines person watching singles line in a doubles match 😂😂 i was as shocked as serena

[@thanushri6006]

These chair umpires are taught to never change a decision. So even in a case like with Iga, where I’m pretty sure you can hear the umpire hesitate when she explains “it didn’t affect your shot” (because she doesn’t believe it herself as she forgot or wasn’t paying enough attention to what happened), she has to sell her decision and move the match along. If the umpire were to listen to the players and change their decision consistently then they would be fired.It’s a horrible situation for both the players and the umpire and I really wish tournaments at this level could incorporate video review because there’s simply no way someone could remember the facts about every point 100% for matches that can often go to 3 hours. That’s what technology is for! Use the human for judgements, utilise technology to keep track of the facts of the point!! That’s it for my little rant about the umpiring system.

[@wwesvk9958]

8:12 so wholesome HI 😂

[@micheldornano7800]

I see a tennis advocate video, i click

[@johnschrader8363]

why don't the umpires have a replay option on those stupid ipads? We can put people on the moon but we can't do simple things like this?

[@sadas3190]

Lol first clip line umpire must have forgot its a doubles, no way are you that blind.

[@hahartley100]

First one, the line umpire is looking down the wrong line! She forgets doubles play on the outer tram lines!

[@mirozaleski396]

1ga "Hi" i wszystko jasne 😊

[@RH-cf8ql]

Where is the VAR or just a simple replay? Why not to use it when it’s accessible? Iga couldn’t get robbed and so many other discussions would disappear instantly!

[@devan5282]

Lol The Swiatek/Vekic situation is making me so mad to listen to purely because every single person talking (Iga, Donna, ump and commentator) is totally missing the entire point... Iga held up her hand to challenge a ball that was in, thinking it was out. So she was right to lose the point. They just didn't get there using any logic at all.

[@adv.akshaysheoran]

I always thought Tennis players were soft..... But now I know, their referees are more soft 😄😄

[@ojpiter]

Is this Kosheleva thing already in Russia?

[@patrikiosvatemanopoulos]

I hope so

[@ackermanlol]

"Thing"? Really??

[@emilyme23455]

I hope whoever the line judge was in the first clip is not longer employed as a judge. Mistakes that obvious are unacceptable

[@lm10goat]

Iga ❤️

[@cp_703]

Vekic horrible sportsmanship , 🤦‍♂️

[@rootdoc1997]

I do not know if it is my imagination but are many of these umpires not very good at all. And do not seem to know the rules.

[@wesdoesitmkii7632]

of course covid, the pinnacle of human intelligence

[@yassimchenard243]

No ostapenko or the redhair lady goddamm are they both injured😅

[@bartholomewlyons]

Convenient to toss the ball and extend time for service. Andreescu is a shrewd but dim cow

[@myxminaj5415]

Love these vids keep ‘em coming plssss

[@TennisAdvocate]

🙏💚

[@wtfa2910]

Why in 2023 are we still having these problems with the umpires