Zhang Shuai Was Distraught After 'Disgusting' Behaviour From Amarissa Toth - Wta Budapest 2023

[@stk6mkt]

Umpire is either blind, incompetent, or intentionally biased. That ball was IN!!

[@nick_grabowski]

... or out.

[@stk6mkt]

@nickgrabovski You got me. There are two possibilities, in or out. But in this case, the ball hit the line. So, it can't be "or out". 🤔

[@88feji]

@@nick_grabowski 0:47 shows other ball marks in the vicinity ... in comparison, it should be "in" because none of those ball marks end abruptly in a straight line across ...

[@liran547]

home court, home player advantege

[@stk6mkt]

@88feji Both players knew it was in; and everyone in the stands knew it was in. The only person that didn't, is the blind, incompetent joke of an umpire.

[@ahniu7811]

Martina Navratilova : 'Pathetic from any angle - umpire is not fit to call clay court matches and Toth is a bad sport.'

[@Helstar74]

We know that umpire very well here in Italy. Lara Morgane, same of Giorgi-Sorribes Tormo in Rome, couple years ago. She was a complete disaster back then, no surprise to see this trainwreck today.

[@Birdylockso]

I wonder if ATP or WTA had a system that if enough players complained about a referee, the referee would be sidelined or penalized somehow.

[@QRR-]

Check Marija Cicak as WTA gold badge umpire in the matches of Sabalenka v Hsieh, Barthel v Radwanska, Svitolina v Kenin, Giorgi v Pliskova and Stephens v Bencic. Yet she's still one of the best renowned umpires, I really don't get why.

[@Birdylockso]

@@QRR- Maybe it's just politics.

[@freecryptos]

@@Birdylockso It's not politics, it's gambling, the house needs to win, so they have people to rig the game.

[@marilynisrael-torres5867]

Umpire, its okay to admit you made a wrong call. You do not deserve to sit there if you do not know how to correct wrong calls.

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Bingo!! Swallow your pride and make the correct call

[@PeterTraveler]

They need to start an investigation with that chair umpire. She's always caught up in drama, making shocking calls, and makes me question her integrity. She needs to be fired and never be in a tennis court ever again.

[@gordon1545]

Absolutely delusional bollocks. The line call was marginal but not remotely unreasonable. The conduct of Zhang was shocking and she should be fined. Clearly an over-entitled spoilt brat.

[@dichtran8337]

Tournament supervisor can't make a decision, so why she was there?

[@88feji]

@@dichtran8337 A decision which is obviously wrong when the mark is shown on tv to have clearly caught the line ... no they are not allowed to make such obviously wrong decisions .... ... yes investigation is warranted into bias and corruption.

[@rica-xd2gd]

you are courtsiding :)))

[@cindyc5315]

Toth, the umpire, the bias audience were all disgraceful. They all made tennis a dark day

[@eric6650]

The audience’s are racist!

[@pr7087]

Yes, I feel so bad for Shuai. This is a disgrace for tennis on different levels

[@REALwoombath]

win game, lose community's respect

[@LoriFlo-sc1jj]

Why you feel bad for Zhang,ooo poor lady is feeling bad for Zhang from now you don’t eat don’t drink don’t fu k:))) how long supposed to stay that mark there?!!

[@cindyc5315]

@@LoriFlo-sc1jj I don't speak to brainless people, bye bye

[@brightsun2327]

Cannot believe how a player can be treated like this by her umpire and opponent, who significantly raised her hand for the celebration.

[@rodgal87]

the crowd was also disgusting, telling her she just hit a bad shot, booing and telling her to go home. Disgusting from the Hungarian crowd.

[@simon709]

​@@liptakszabolcs1395biased hungarian spotted, opinion rejected

[@alandahansleu3624]

​@@rodgal87 ..what would you do if I handed you a picture or a photo images of Toth...😅😅😅😅

[@gyulanyars6636]

@@liptakszabolcs1395 Ha hülye vagy , akkor inkább kussoljál! Ne fokozd a szégyenérzetemet! Ha annyira fáj neked a sok csaló (ebben az esetben szó sincs ilyesmiről persze), akkor nézz már körül! A lakosság felét, meg az egész kormányt el kellene zavarni ebből a hazából ezek szerint.

[@straycatttt2766]

@@liptakszabolcs1395, good luck trying to attract international tennis stars for future tournaments. It’s all fun and games until your little Hungarian tea party there goes broke for lack of sponsors.

[@NguyenMinh-cn3ku]

What a shame for Toth and those Hungarian audience attended that game yet still support for such bad act from Toth!

[@feiwang8010]

Shuai Zhang is one of the most friendly and nicest players in the WTA tournaments! She has all the rights to complain and protest being unfairly treated. But, in the end she still shook hands with the umpire and her opponent. Hats off to Shuai! I can watch her beating Halep as a qualifier in the first round of 2016 Australian Open again and again! That match is one of the most impressive matches in WTA tournaments!

[@lajos3980]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee she was very nice and friendly yelling with Amarissa, umpire, supervisor and the crowd. xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@James0413]

@@lajos3980 clown 🤡

[@gyulanyars6636]

@@lajos3980 Ez az! Védjed csak a védhetetlent! Majd én szégyenlem magam helyetted is.

[@hus390]

The call was made, why should the mark be retained?? I’m sorry, but Zhang was karening

[@squidjames7735]

Hussysoleman … the whole world saw the mark … and ya know the ball was in. 🤡

[@Kuwandi]

This is making me so angry watching Toth on purpose mock the rules …not a good name to Hungary as a nation

[@alandahansleu3624]

@Kuwandi. ..what would you do if I handed you a picture or a photo images on a sheet of paper of Toth....

[@mulhol43]

Thats nothing my friend long time f@ed 🫣

[@lewisl9257]

Shame on Toth, Umpire and the whole Hungarian audience on the court. What an unsportsmanship!

[@alandahansleu3624]

@lewisl9257. What would you do if I handed you a sheet of paper and you looked at it,and it was a picture of Toth..???😅😅😅😅😅

[@Speziization]

​@@TanksBradleyShe didn't loose.

[@Speziization]

@@TanksBradley She's number 45 in the world ranking. Not to bad.

[@YCHTT]

Even the commentator was being disgraceful. He said @1:16 "it's difficult to tell" whether it was in or out when we could the slow motion clearly showing the ball was on the line... Then he moved on to say she has to carry on as @5:10 "fundamentally quite pointless, nothing was gonna change." He even said the empire was being "quiet generous in here." LOL

[@ianbon7]

WTA's first victory in her career, congratulations~ and also the end of the career, congratulations~

[@cambed71]

Amen to that

[@dongpyohong6823]

You're right!

[@flordelinanarciso1034]

First and last victory Amen

[@ti0821]

bloody 100 % right ....

[@chanchan4653]

Never be a prffesional tennis player for toth, with that poor attitude.. can't imagine how her daily attitude..

[@ricardokudos]

I’m watching tennis more than two decades, never have seen something like this before, disgusting behavior from the player in combination with extreme incompetence of the chair umpire .

[@barsnack7999]

Cry a river

[@jlee8601]

Nothing terrible for making a wrong call. Human ! But she checked it and the ball was clearly in. That s an unprofessional terrible act. People argued why Zhang appealed for so long. What would you do if the ball marked right on the line and the umpire called it out after her “checking” !

[@jeffzf]

@@incognito7843 Yes, the shit won the match but lost much much more, and her country as well, everyone knows her name now!

[@LoriFlo-sc1jj]

You don’t see in 50 years?!! How many match you see,was a fuc ing a ball don’t change nothing,Zhang was winning 40-30,where you are looking?! He erased a mark for a point was played before,think a bit my friend before say something

[@hus390]

@@incognito7843 The call was made, why should the mark be retained?? I’m sorry, but Zhang was karening

[@kennethmoffat7409]

@@martindinall8056 I disagree with most of your points. If, i saw the mark. Then have it called out. Then have it look at and still called out. It would mess with me too. As for "Jimmy Mac", i am sure. It would have been one heck of a show. Toth will have to try to live this down. For a long time.

[@thai2go]

@@hus390 you sound like a Karen ;)

[@body187j3x1]

Zhang Shuai has a good reputation in the tennis world and is a doubles grand slam winner, thats why other seasoned tennis players is defending her on her behalf. Zhang never lashed out if there is no solid reason, so on her reputation alone the Umpire should have at least give her the benefit of the doubt or offer to replay the point. Instead the Umpire, the linesmen verbally abusing and discrediting Zhang Shuai. The Umpire and linesmen are there to conduct and supervise a fair game, not for their own personal reputation and bias. If a player drops out because it thinks the game is not fair, then the Umpire have failed tremendously at its job. Also It is uncalled for that a player taunts and disrespects your opponent, even when the call is disputable.

[@dragonfly02490]

She spoke out against layers of bias(the line person, the umpire, and the mocking of the crowd and her opponent), and yet, the announcer called her "tedious" and when she quit, he said "Can't you believe this?" The whole system was stacked against her. I can totally understand her when she said about mental pressure and issue.

[@kayyakchen]

Yes I was furious of what the announcer has been commenting about through the incident. I think he’s equally disgusting as the unfair ref.

[@dragonfly02490]

@@kayyakchen What the announcer did was a form of gaslighting. It was like he was saying to her "you make something out of nothing or you make a big deal out of it" or "I can't believe you did this." When someone does the gaslighting, he flips the blame and blames the situation on the victim and causes the victim to question her sanity and doubt herself. It makes the victim thinks there's something wrong with her and that it's her fault. Since he was the voice on TV, he guided the TV viewers' opinions. It's a right call for Zhang Shuai to quit that game. The system was against her. WTA came out saying that are against racism and see if racism involved in that game.

[@galiaizbastova7761]

And what are the names of the umpire and the announcer? Shame on them!

[@knock-knockwhosthere9933]

That's called racism

[@TheBikagyura]

@@kayyakchen take it easy bros. the announcer obviously agreed that it looked like it was in. He just thought it was pointless to complain since it was not going to overturn the umpire's decision.

[@kingsindian8948]

The good thing is that all professional tennis players across the world will have seen this behaviour and they can decide for themselves whether they wish to play in Hungary or not . They will know what to expect. 😂😂😂

[@whathappened-fx7zz]

The umpire is French, she probably present at other tournaments worldwide . Toth can also participate on tournaments abroad. What's the difference? Conclusion: Even if unfair decision was made by umpire (one rally >>> makes two point difference, which is quite common on a tennis match) keep fighting (not arguing but playing tennis). For a player ranked 50 can not be a problem to beat a player ranked 550. She could have gain extra energy from this incident but she argued 10 min and rather retired later on from match. / or play table tennis you won't have any problem with lines.

[@1rustyboy1]

Stomping the mark out is admitting it was in. The umpire should be fired. Zhang should never play there again.

[@ramadeanchannel5597]

The tournament is now under review by WTA. Hope this is gonna be the last event in Hungary.

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Trust me, she won’t

[@davidchung8835]

Erasing the mark has nothing to do with anything

[@elecco925]

@@davidchung8835 Then your clueless.

[@davidchung8835]

@@elecco925 lol go learn the rules of tennis before u watch a match

[@dennisliuxinlu]

This was so infuriating to watch. Zhang deserved better.

[@wonton120]

This is really unbelievable. This is the first time I saw this kind of unfair and mess in Tennis match!

[@davidchung8835]

Unfair? Why unfair?

[@ctaylor1586]

@wonton120 • Then you never saw an unfair Venus or Serena match when they started, up until about 5 years ago even the officials were biased, and media talked negative all through out their games.

[@utube3935]

You will be upset if you watch the whole match. There were many similar calls before this one. WTA should conduct a formal investigation and provide a report to the public.

[@eposz2]

Umpires miatakes are quite frequent -a professional could protest for a minute, but then should go on and not enter into a tiring, endless debate.

[@VideoFunForAll]

1. The umpire may not always be right but the decision is on the umpire. 2. Supervisors do not call balls. PLayers are supposed to know that. 3. The point was over and the next point was played. 4. No need to maintain ballprints from prior points. 5. Shaui needed to move on, she did not. Umpire could have called a time violation but did not (she was nice!). 6. The fault is 100% on Shaui she disrespected the umpires decision and continued to be disruptive. 7. Terminating the match could possible incur fines for Shuai.

[@bobwong1859]

The umpire did not want to admit that she made a serious mistake. Toth's act was despicable with zero sportsmanship. Indeed, she did not need to destroy the 'evidence', Shameful.

[@alandahansleu3624]

@bobwonf1859. What would you do if I handed you a picture or a photo images of Toth ...😅😅😅😅

[@albertlwj]

the point was over, they've played another point, leaving the mark there does nothing except hinder any future calls that might happen in the vicinity. Nothing would've changed the call at that point, so why leave the mark there?

[@marcthompson3665]

People complaining who have never played a competitive match in their life. The decision and point was over and then another point was played. The mark means nothing at that point.

[@al1976-v7m]

@@marcthompson3665 exactly, and the Chinese girl should've known, no point to get hysterical about it.

[@davidchung8835]

She erased the mark after a point. Its meaningless and totally okay. Nothing wrong with that.

[@STRAWYB]

Looking at the replay over and over. Anyone can see that the ball hit the line also. That ball should have been called in. How could the umpire rule that ball out? This is beyond my understanding.

[@LoriFlo-sc1jj]

You are out my friend from long time ago,I m worried about how many id ots are on this world ,I cannot fight with all are to many,you can blame umpire for a mistake what don’t change nothing,Zhang was winning 40-30,but toth was better,Zhang big experience know umpire make mistakes on purpose or no,must move on,but she was upset by what was saying the crowd

[@marcthompson3665]

Tennis happens

[@HaleG9]

If this has no consequences for both, the corrupt umpire and unfair player Toth - they can bury this sport!

[@jamaltheophilus7596]

My heart breaks for Zhang Shuai.....challenge system is needed on clay courts. That umpire needs to be fired, she is crap!

[@Xingqiwu387]

Agreed on all counts. The umpire is atrocious and Toth is a devil with a racket.

[@jamaltheophilus7596]

@@Xingqiwu387 your description of Toth is spot on.....I could not find the appropriate words at the time of posting.

[@genteobruno]

it’s the worst chair umpire ever! only loses to this awful behavior from Toth.

[@thecarter8700]

Your heart breaks for a lost point?!

[@jamaltheophilus7596]

@@thecarter8700 are you a tennis player? Factoring this happened 8 months ago, you’re behind. Your attempt to minimize this moment is evident, and unwarranted.

[@TheEvathcebor]

Terrible refeering and handling of the situation. Zhang was right not to participate in this mascarade, honestly.

[@ebbenielsen7]

Unfair or not. It is a fine art for the professional athlete to practice containing it and focus on the next ball instead. No good ever comes from grumbling for so long about a misjudgment. Live with it. And focus on the next ball.

[@cambed71]

@@ebbenielsen7 and hope that Toth loses next match and never plays again. she can be ranked 500 and fall into the abyss where she belongs

[@ShortTube]

@@ebbenielsen7 Except this wasn't a "misjudgment". If the tournament is rigged for the hosting country, then the athletes are better off not supporting it.

[@cindyp1337]

​@@ebbenielsen7right is right, wrong is wrong!!! Stop placating cheaters?!!!!

[@ebbenielsen7]

@@cindyp1337 The use of many exclamation marks does not make your arguments stronger or more convincing. On the contrary. Apart from that: on this single questionable ruling you base your claim that it was wise for her not to continue playing. But I still say: There will always be something unfair in sports, so learn to live with it, don't spend energy on it, but focus on the next ball.

[@bh5606]

Looks to be on the line.

[@tonychen3368]

I saw that too, why wasn't Shuai given a point for that?! It was in! What the Heller in the World is the Chair Ump doing?!

[@willw888]

Where is the WTA's response? Silence is golden, and actions speak louder than words. The integrity of the game is at stake.

[@ramadeanchannel5597]

The tournament is under investigation now for a few other reasons.

[@dblog]

Never understood the role of the supervisors in tennis. 99% of the time, they side with the umpire even when they are blatantly wrong. Why are they there ?

[@viktor7401]

They are there to make sure the umpire's decision are within the rules of the game. They can only intervene if the umpire has got the rules wrong. They cannot and do not intervene in judgement calls (eg line calls) - those are the umpire's decision.

[@VideoFunForAll]

The supervisors function is to determine if the rules were applied properly. They are NOT there to determine if a ball was out or in that is 100% up to the umpire.

[@benlim2170]

Lazy umpire and unsportmanship display of Toh... unbelievable

[@Kuwandi]

Instant disqualification for act of vandalism …I hope this is an INSTANT PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE ✅

[@krishnaprabhakar526]

It is not question of right or wrong; it is about feeling being cheated!

[@kennethmoffat7409]

You "Hit the nail on the head".

[@davidchung8835]

That feeling led her to retire. So how do feelings work out?

[@utube3935]

There were many similar calls before this one. WTA should conduct a formal investigation and provide a report to the public.

[@davidchung8835]

@@utube3935 investigation on what?

[@InfinityX2]

How the hell was that ball called out??? You even saw the line “whiten” and pointing at the mark that is clearly in… someone betting here 😐🤔

[@kingsindian8948]

Tennis needs fair umpires and decent players. Toth’s abhorrent behaviour will never be forgotten in tennis history . Shameful .

[@mradventurer8104]

I don't agree. Why are so many people bullying the 20 year old? The referee's call was not hers. Wrong calls by referees happen in all sports. It is sad or unfair then afterwards we move on. But the protesting took many minutes, which could have irritated Toth. To be irritated is normal human behaviour. Yes she should not have touched the mark imo but the minutes long protesting could have disturbed her concentration too. And this is no reason to leave the field after one wrong call out of many other good calls. Do soccer teams leave the field after a wrongly appointed penalty? No.

[@peternuyttens4820]

@@mradventurer8104 Toth could have erased the mark and handing over the point rightly so to Zhang like gentlemen like Federer and Nadal would do. That was a part of the irritation of Zhang. However, after a few minutes Zhang played on so in my opinion Toth had the right to "clean" the spot which became irrelevant. When the referee came on she never looked at the mark and even showed no intention to even look in that direction which frustrated Zhang even more.

[@jeremy293]

​@@mradventurer8104female dogs are ageless though.

[@V4moose]

Toth did nothing wrong. She had to wait for over 6 minutes while zhang made a fool of herself arguing over the line call. Deal with the bad call and move on. It wasn't until after the next point that Toth erased the mark which is absolute common practice in clay court tennis. Imagine breaking into tears and forfeiting an entire match because of 1 bad line call and insinuating your opponent is a cheat for following standard protocol. That's the actual shameful behaviour here.

[@STRAWYB]

​@@V4mooseZhang did not make a fool of herself. Every one can see the ball did hit the line. Toth's behaviour on the other hand was embarrassing to say the least. That is no way for a no name player to introduce herself to the tour.

[@Lion-fj3wp]

Toth was disrespectful and should be disciplined! The chair umpire was also at fault, bad for tennis. Zhang you show class by shaking their hands 🌎

[@alandahansleu3624]

@Lion-fj3wp. What would you do if I handed you a sheet of paper,you looked at it and it was a picture of Amarissa Kiara Toth ..??😅😅😅

[@WeDontWantYourWar]

What a shame, it looked like it would have been a great game. Toth's behaviour was disgusting - to kick the mark was unacceptable and an admission that she knew the ball was good.

[@potzysk2]

Total BS. Zhang delayed the match for over 6 minutes, and then after another point was played, she delayed the match again. Zhang should have been forfeited. Erasing the mark after more points have been played is totally irrelevant and you know that.

[@jeffzf]

@@potzysk2 Delayed the match for no reason? When the Shit removed the mark, she knew it was in or out, agree?

[@potzysk2]

@@jeffzf She removed the mark two points after the VERY long argument with the umpire and the supervisor. It no longer had any relevance, and she didn't want Zhang delaying the play even LONGER than she already had, which was 6 or 7 minutes of arguing. It is normal for players to remove marks AFTER they are no longer a factor. Do you watch or play much clay court tennis? I do, for decades.

[@ded66]

@@potzysk2 Whether on clay or any other surface, most players would not agree that it's "normal" to remove a tensely challenged ball mark in this specific context. It equally doesn't matter if it's 6 minutes or 60 minutes since this after-the-fact delay is a moot point. Whether good or bad, the call was not overruled and play had already resumed. So if the mark no longer has relevance, why still rub it in at this point?? (pun intended). Note that the Hungarian player casually walked up to the mark as her opponent said "Wait, wait, wait. Keep the mark . . ." and she had lost the point immediately before removing the mark. Toth can disagree with Zhang, and Toth might or might not have benefitted from the umpire's call, but it's just very poor sportsmanship to remove the mark and raise her arms in victory in this specific context.

[@potzysk2]

@@ded66 I've played on clay for decades. I routinely remove marks that are very close to the lines so that on future balls it will be easier to see which mark is the correct one. It was obviously a psychological move by Toth in retaliation for Zhang delaying the match for over 6 minutes even after the decisions of the umpire and the supervisor. Zhang did not even receive a delay-of-game warning, which she should have received, after making Toth stand there for over 6 minutes waiting. And to delay the match AGAIN by complaining about removing a mark that was no longer relevant, Zhang should have been forfeited.

[@chase9812]

Johnny Mac would have broken five rackets over that bad call. IT WAS CLEARLY ON THE LINE ❗️❗️❗️

[@peternuyttens4820]

Djokovic would have chopped the net down.

[@Birdylockso]

Moutet would have thrown the racket at the umpire.

[@peternuyttens4820]

@@Birdylockso Murray would've thrown the whole net, the netposts and all his rackets towards the umpire.

[@Birdylockso]

@@peternuyttens4820 Haha, good one. But he's more of a whiner, no? Does he get physically violent though? LOL.

[@Zenon-fg4dw]

Let’s not bring McEnroe into the picture. He was more of an a-h and perhaps more like the Hungarian player in this situation.

[@wilsonallu7265]

Zhang amazing person. Umpire just simply destroyed her dreams. Umoire does not even know how hard athletes work hard every single day to full fill there dreams. Every dreamer will understand the pain of her. Love from INDIA Zheng. UMPIRE SHOULD BE FIRED OUT OF THR SPORT.

[@gcx18]

If supervisor cannot overruled decision why you need a supervisor

[@denny6355]

I’d hope the supervisor could tell the ref to get down off her chair and go look at the mark.

[@peternuyttens4820]

@@denny6355 ... and not close her eyes.

[@peternuyttens4820]

Good question!

[@davidchung8835]

To supervise.

[@VideoFunForAll]

The supervisor only determines if the rules were adhered to, she does not determine calls on whether a ball was in or out.

[@milanchrai8001]

Action shoud be taken to an umpire,Toth and officials this is absolutely disgusting and not acceptable at all.

[@whathappened-fx7zz]

You would punish all the umpire who makes a mistake? one ball out of 1000. They do not have possibility to check video footages again and again just like you watching on your computer. Hawkeye was not available. Toth's behaviour was wrong when she celebrated after the hanshake that way but I do not think she did anything against the rules. Furthermore arguing 8 mins because a player disagrees is not an option. They are there to play tennis. This is a tennis court and not a courthouse. Audience is also there to watch tennis. At Roland Garros people would boo after 5 sec (even when a player is watching marks in disbelief).

[@ronnaldaman7079]

It was the moment and manner in which Toth demonstratively smudged the mark. She might as well have kicked dirt in Zhang Shuai's face.

[@andymac7584]

Worked a treat too, Zhang bottled it and had her service broken then quit in pathetic, teary fashion.

[@Kuwandi]

This behaviour by Toth was NOT SPORTSMAN LIKE - I am a neutral party but no player should ever try and erase the marks - that is NOT SPORT

[@davidchung8835]

What? Why shouldnt you erase the mark? I dont understand your point of view. Do you know the rules in tennis?

[@whathappened-fx7zz]

@@davidchung8835 Rafa Nadal does it regularly on the service line to prevent misunderstandings. And most of the players too. To do not be confused when the next ball hit almost the same spot. It's true that this case was a kind of provocation but not against the rules. Or she was simply furious about the 8 min chit-chat. Zhent's behaviour was also not sportsman like. This is not how professionals behave.

[@dreamingofdreamcatcher6820]

Terrible day for tennis for sure. The umpire, Toth and the crowd made this really hard to watch. Shameful day but it was nice to see that despite it all, Zhang Shuai still shook hands with the umpire and opponent. This will follow Toth for the rest of her career however long that lasts.

[@whathappened-fx7zz]

Toth and Zhang Shuai made it really hard to watch. It's a shame for both. They were there to play tennis...

[@henryq335]

Lol you can see Toth smirking as she wiped the mark and turned back 🤣

[@normanpeters6465]

The WTA need to look into that umpire.

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Shame on Toth.Stay strong Zhang.

[@kiolabear]

Expression of joy (I got the better of her now) after Zhang shook her hand was so disgusting. No respect for the opponent or the game.

[@kirriegolf18]

Well done Zhang for shaking hands of umpire and opponent, total class.

[@jlee8601]

Toth could have admitted it was in as it was so obvious. That s sportsmanship. Ok, she may claim I could take whatever unfair advantage as long as the rules allowed. Fine! What about her erasing the mark - it’s all about covering up her guilt ? What about she raised her both hands after Zhang shakes her hands after retirement - it s all about to relief her consciousness burden ? No it won’t go away until Toth apologise.

[@rickjames21]

Amarissa Toth will never get a cheer from any court in the world. That was disgusting.

[@zzzzzzz9077]

Hope so

[@eposz2]

No. She just erased a mark one rally later after the decision was made and checked by the umpire. It is just an Umpire's mistake. Zhang was not professional. She can protest for a minute, could call the supervisor, then she should have conitnued play, and not enter into an endless debate. Even the WTA commentator and neutral viewers had enough of it.

[@hwooyang]

WOW!!! Umpire is completely blind. I played this video in very low speed. It's obviously "in" and the ball mark is where it landed.

[@shadak]

I dunno if i should spit at the empire, the supervisor or Toth. Shame on everyone.

[@alandahansleu3624]

@shadak. What would you do if I handed you a sheet of paper, ..you the looked at it,and it was a picture of Amarissa Kiara Toth...😅😅😅😅

[@shadak]

@@alandahansleu3624 🧻🚽

[@jantkb]

you can see that zhang points to the crown afterwards, challenging them to disrespect her again. Some nasty stuff must been said to her!!!

[@dominiquee9727]

the way she threw her hands up like it was such a good win. Crowd , ump, supervisor: awful. But Toth takes it for the worst of them all

[@blahblahlablah]

Ripped off by the umpire, the supervisor, her disgraceful opponent and the crowd. I'm glad she got the hell out of there.

[@sudisnow1408]

Asian players are always so nice and humble. And to know with how many struggles this beautiful women had to face including not be able to go home for 3 years it just breaks my heart... disgusting behaviour from Toth

[@terrencecoccoli524]

The umpire, cheater and Hungarian tennis association need to be banned from tennis forever

[@jonidalgar]

Toth could also have offered to replay or even concede the point.

[@luisamiller81]

To be fair, Toth only erased the mark AFTER the umpire already made the review. Yes she could have been nicer and she also should have shown more sympathy to Zhang’s panic attack. But honestly, Zhang needs to toughen up or just focus on Doubles. You can’t let one bad call derail your entire game and then retire just because you feel the officials and crowd are against you. Sharapova regularly played to boos from the audience (see her match at Roland Garros against Safina). You never saw her breaking down in a heap like Zhang.

[@florencialandeyro4911]

Esta jueza no es la primera vez que lo hace

[@LoriFlo-sc1jj]

Zhang fue ganando 40-30,si estaba mejor que toth con su experiencia no lloraba como zoooo ra

[@florencialandeyro4911]

@@LoriFlo-sc1jj esa jueza también le complicó el partido en una oportunidad a Camila Giorgi

[@lucadicesare3118]

Player and umpire : face like their a s s

[@dottorluca]

You know, toth is an hungarian tennis player and the match is in Hungary...How could someone be surprised? Toth was the most guilty here. No doubt about that. Sportsmanship is the basis.

[@dottorluca]

@@shatter22 So what? Did I say Chinese are perfect? Did you understand what I wrote?

[@jocipapi]

toth no HUNGARY, she is thai.......

[@dottorluca]

@@jocipapi She is Hungarian. Her mother has thai origins.

[@jocipapi]

@@dottorluca ok, she is wrong woman

[@dottorluca]

@@jocipapi you're welcome

[@qimi6673]

From the beginning, it was destined to be a bullying event filled with injustice and discrimination. the empire the opponent are shameless disgusting as gang trash,And the tournament officials will not do any meaningful fair punishment for this,Can you imagine Zhang Shuai's sense of powerlessness in this game?Shocked by the obvious dirty tricks

[@davidr2802]

"It was on the line. Chalk flew up!"

[@adamkaracsony1080]

did not touch the line which was off the field

[@88feji]

@@adamkaracsony1080 Photo of the mark shows it clipped the line .... its not even a a close call, its obviously a wrong call ... At least the point should be replayed if the umpire cannot be sure ....

[@chopsjazz1]

Get out of your chair and investigate the mark. Pompous behavior by the umpire.

[@fed8054]

The tennis players nowadays is like a passenger at the airport. Umpires is like a check in staff and there is a supervisor. None of them can solve a problem. And we are running out of time. They’re getting incompetent.

[@MikeC77]

It seems strange to me in this day and age that if you do not have hawkeye at the event, why not use replays of television footage? I mean, numerous replays of that shot were being shown within seconds of it happening in real time & you can quite easily see there is an error from the umpire. 99% of people seeing the replay would call the shot in. It would solve disputes much quicker. I know it is still interpretation but it is essentially what VAR is in football and for the most part, it works.

[@ziangguo6119]

Actually you don't really need hawkeyes in this case.

[@viktor7401]

Because physical marks on the ground are actually more accurate than hawkeye.

[@davidchung8835]

Because umpires human error is part of the game. That is why you can only use the hawk eye for just a few times. If fairness was the issue, umpires would be replaced with computers

[@marleiserashford396]

The commentators are clowns too. No one mentioned to replay the point. SAD.

[@thai-thanhle2872]

Dégueulasse et inadmissible dans ce tel niveau de compétition, incroyable surtout en 2023 avec de tel moyen de technologie qu'on a aujourd'hui ça devrait pas arriver à ce genre de situation qui est vraiment antisportif et irrespectueux de la joueuse qui remporte le point !!!!! C'est triste la mauvaise foi !!!

[@tennisbumch4120]

Hungarian tennis association and WTA officials should investigate such injustice or should just shut down future tennis tournaments for a shameless umpiring.

[@jsreynolds]

Let’s be clear: A bad call isn’t immoral. Complaining about a bad call isn’t immoral. Getting rid of evidence in front of God and everyone IS immoral.

[@beepbop6697]

Not accepting the call should have resulted in her being kicked out of the game.

[@spqri3]

Chinese and Thai don't believe in your god lol.

[@brucekilby9957]

It was in. That's a fact. You have to put up with it,it's part of the game.

[@Diandredofus]

No it's not, you see players erasing marks all the time to stop thinking about them. If the referee makes a bad call to my advantage and the opponent holds up play for 10 minutes because of it and they don't get penalized for delay of play, you bet that I'll be the first to get rid of the mark.

[@jeremy293]

​@@Diandredofus Well let's face it, if your opponent gets a bad call and you know it's bad, and you just go on and take advantage of it, then you are a terrible sport, like capriati. And if it was on Clay and you go and erase the mark, you are just a youtube sensation I guess.

[@zothancc5288]

I would understand the mistake, be it the umpire or Toth..but the action of the audiences is detestable....

[@TheAmpDJ]

You don't have to worry about me watching a Toth match again. Not that I knew who she was to begin with and I watch a lot of tennis. She didn't have to scratch the mark out like that, totally uncalled for. Zhang had a valid argument. Toth's day will come and she'll wish somebody was listening to her.

[@nestorfernandez3982]

¡THE WORST UMPIRE AROUND THE WORLD! WHAT A MISTAKE.. THE BALL WAS IN, OF COURSE. EMBARRASSING AND DEGRADING FOR TENNIS, NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKE, WHICH IS ENOUGH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE INTENTIONALITY WITH WHICH THE UMPIRE COMMITS IT. NOT TO TALK ABOUT THOTH'S REPULSIVE REACTION. DISGUST!

[@ahknabi]

Despicable behavior by Toth!

[@marleiserashford396]

They should have at least replay the point. The umpire is a louse. CHEATER.

[@dksharron]

Goiod for her to stand up for herself. I hope to see her play more often.

[@Antigegner]

Disgusting behavior by Toth - yes - BUT the umpire came to check the imprint and ruled it out. The game should have continued. A mature person would not lose it over this. Zhang Shuai needs to be coached on mental strength.

[@teto7827]

I just dont see whats the problem ... referre made mistake (porbably) , 6 min argument ,after the game kept going, Zhang won the next point and then Toth earsed the mark. Maybe everybody should have make a photo about that ball mark and hang it on the wall.

[@hansdieterkuhnert2198]

The picture should go viral in all social media and she Toth should feel it everywhere how shameful her action was!!

[@teto7827]

@@hansdieterkuhnert2198 u r just a hater.. and the picture already on my fridge.

[@wtfa2910]

Why is clay so primitive 2023 you should be able to challenge that using a computer system

[@BR38Production]

Toth, the umpire should be banned from tennis!

[@alexaguirre7031]

Si no me equivoco es la misma juez de silla que estuvo en el partido de camila Giorgi vs tormo en Roma 2021 donde tomó decisiones que hicieron que camila perdiera 😢 Jesucristo realmente quiero llorar! Me imagino que esta ligada con la corrupción del tenis

[@seniledementia8931]

I don’t want to let my children watch the tennis game.

[@user-hh1kd5ty3x]

Watching the full video now (vs just the reels) I think Zhang really had a bad day. She unduly delayed the game. Toth erasing the mark (a point after) probably just wanted to move on. What she did wrong was to raise her hands in triumph after her opponent retired pretty much having a mini break down, i would just chalk that up to Juvenile, lack of life experience kinda thing rather than a fatal defect in her personality

[@michellauzon4640]

It was on line and the little crowd very mean

[@adamkaracsony1080]

Zhang can't accept that she wasn't awarded a point, does not accept the referee's decision, debate for minutes, you need mental help if you want to win races.

[@raycley1]

She’s top 45th player of world. Don’t need your advise.

[@laurencebarber4152]

Even Toth thought it was in because she quickly removed the ball print from the court, so why did the umpire call it out. It looked like it touched the line to me.

[@majestigs]

There are a few different points to keep apart from each other: - The chair umpire clearly made a mistake there. She spotted the wrong ballmark and got the call clearly wrong. Thouigh as long as she is convinced she made the correct call (which we will never know) she rightfully did not overturn her decision. The supervisor has no chance to overrule that call by herself, if the chair did tell her (what I assume did happen), that she gort the call right. Without replay or challenge opportunity the call stands (which is bad for Zhang but unfortunatelly by the rules. - Toth is not obligated to correct the ruling of the chair. If (what we dont know) she saw the ball land on the line, she could have done that (a good sportsman would do that in that case, but I have seen different many times before), but she decided not to do so...That (if she knew better) would be at least questionable but part of the game. - The wiping out of the ballmark later suggests, that she knew she got away with the wrong call, BUT that action by itself is not unsportsmanlike. The next point was already played out by that time, so there was no situation imaginable, that the ballmark would still be an issue of overruling or any further resultchanging debate. That said, Toth wiped out the mark to prevent it from distracting the chair umpire in case the next serve or any further shot from Zhang landed in the same area. Toth had every right to do that and that was not unsportsmanlike at all, that is very common among players on clay court matches. Whether she did that to provoke Zhang or only protect her own interests we dont know. - The celebration after Zhangs withdrawal on the other hand was disgusting and very poor behaviour! In my view, the chair umpire is to blame the most, cause it was such a big ballmark and she should have easily been able to correct the linejudge if she did pay attention to the rally and keep her eyes on the spot while getting down from the chair and walk over to the far sideline. If she was bias, we dont know, but that could have been the case here!?

[@buyer8631]

There were no adjacent ballmarks the umpire could mix up with. Watch the video. What does that make you?

[@antonvinnik426]

I am agree with you but I would like to add some points. 1. From video it is NOT clear whether the ball was in or out. Generally by trajectory it was out but as well may touch the line and the mark was mostly outside and without closer look it's hard to comment what was there. 2. Umpire has a right to make a mistake - but player has no right to argue after decision was finally made. That's against the rules and this is not sporty to your opponent as well. Zhang put herself above the rules of the game and it's her who started all this. 3. I suppose that 99% of that 99% of commentators who blame everybody but Zhang didn't play tournament tennis in their lives, where such cases happen quite frequently - but 34-old Zhang should not start all this comedy "All the world against Zhang".

[@lovielol3935]

@@antonvinnik426lol yeah sure Toth is totally fine then hahaha

[@al1976-v7m]

@@lovielol3935 she's not, she's a human and has her flaws. but things like that have happened many times before in competitive tennis. Toth is a young (possibly immature) up and coming player with her first chance to advance in a WTA match in front of her home crowd, of course she's gonna be super ambitious. She certainly will not receive any fairplay awards for this, but doesn't need to be villified either. The real question is whether the umpires were trying to favour a local player and i believe WTA is looking into this.

[@s.h.n.6231]

Definitely IN Shame on the umpire and Toth

[@samchui9246]

Umpire ... I don't know her name .... YOU ARE FIRED SINCE YOUR ARE BLIND

[@STRAWYB]

Once there is a sliver of the ball touching the line. The call must be "IN" The ball touched the line.

[@mikedigger3732]

Shame on you Amarissa Toth

[@adamkaracsony1080]

She not shame, she deleted a trace which was off the field, it is not irregular

[@JohnPandean]

@@adamkaracsony1080 shameless ....🤣

[@raycley1]

@@adamkaracsony1080shameless. You need a mother to teach you.

[@mikedigger3732]

@@adamkaracsony1080 You are wrong. Nothing surprising when it happened in Hungary

[@makamurphy]

Supervisor is worthless they always side with umpire, always, don't know why they have supervisors to be homest

[@barbiedoll5766]

Toth kicked the ball mark right on the line. If that doesn't tell them where the ball landed, then something is wrong here. That was really dirty of her to do that.

[@davidchung8835]

There is nothing wrong with erasing the mark

[@peternuyttens4820]

@@davidchung8835 It would've been even less wrong if Toth would've erased that mark a few seconds after the impact and not 11 minutes later.

[@davidchung8835]

@@peternuyttens4820 you are not allowed to erase the mark untill you move on to the next point

[@peternuyttens4820]

@@davidchung8835 That's true, so if you do you lose the point. Many players do that in fairness to indicate that linesmen/women or umpire were wrong but they don't have to get out of their seat.

[@TARNAM_]

As a Tibetan., I always go against China 🇨🇳 but as a sportsperson., this is just unbelievable that referee call out 😬 n I feel so bad for Zhang n it was clearly in., WTA should take some action on this 🙏

[@msamackruth]

I agree with all of the responses I've read here but this is just a reminder of how the williams where treated.

[@lhpeterparker]

Leaving the mark there would not have been helpful for Zhang in any way. At that point everything had been captured on camera with multiple angles. It was a distraction and the match needed to continue. She is going to have to learn how to accept bad calls and overcome them. That's how champions are made.

[@jasperherr8694]

Your last sentence is so wrong, because most WTA champions, such as Serena Williams, are made because they learnt to voice out. Some umpires are just bullish and idiotic, hopefully one day AI will take their job and they'll be sweeping floors

[@lhpeterparker]

@@jasperherr8694 Even with AI there will be disagreements and players will see it differentlyly. You have to have the mental toughness to overcome adversity is what I was getting at. I'm not saying don't argue the call but to internally accept it after the dispute. She couldn't let it go even after the point was moot.

[@dorinc6033]

@@lhpeterparker What exacerbated the world reaction was the reaction of her countrymen to defend her actions, and further blaming and shaming the victim. As if the Hungarian player, the court spectators, the match comentator, and Hungarian umpire did not do enough already.

[@lhpeterparker]

@@dorinc6033 What exacerbated the reaction was the misrepresentation that Toth was trying to cover up the bad call when she was just trying to get play to continue. This video is the only I've seen the shows correctly what happened.

[@neutrino-n1q]

但作为一个观众，你也无法理解选手所经历的事情，如果不是因为发声，可能这个事情并不会引起关注，为什么要去忍受这些嘲笑和歧视，你作为一个局外人对于被歧视的选手指点的同时，对于不礼貌的行为也没有一句指责，所以你是支持匈牙利选手的行为是吗？

[@razynh3190]

This whole tournament should be banned! The umpire, the audience, the player (Toth) were all disgusting! Bye Toth, it was the first time hearing your name and will be the last.

[@Alexenrosen]

I really want all Toth’s sponsors end the endorsement with her. Yonex and Nike!!!

[@GG-gk7jn]

Great for Toth. She has the “cheater” label on her forehead now. What a great sportsmanship booooo Umpire lousy !

[@weiliu-ng9lr]

Shuai is a good girl, she always treats people kindly every time

[@whathappened-fx7zz]

To me does not seem respectful that she argued 6 min than before the next rally further minutes making her opponent wait (to lose concentration and derail even if not intentionally) and calling her a cheater lashing with her racquet shouting with everybody. Weeping in tears like a child who does not get what she wants immediatelly. Finally cowardly retireing because of one single point after she made up a hysterical scene and pointing at the crowd with her finger threatening them. Just because a presumably bad call and there was a good chance loosing first set against a player ranked 550 even without this incident. Actually she successfully derailed just herself. This time she did not manage to treat people kindly. Toth neither. I'm still not sure she shared the faked video on instagram / twitter or not. That would be a further issue deliberately spreading hatred based on faked content WTA should investigate this case.