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At the French Open, tennis player Hubert Hurkacz made headlines for asking opponent Grigor Dimitrov to change the chair umpire mid-match. This unusual request led to a series of bizarre and humorous interactions on the court, including Hurkacz's repeated demands to call the supervisor and his suggestion to swap umpires. Despite the distractions, Dimitrov maintained his focus and eventually won the match, adding to his impressive record against Hurkacz.
Just a few points from defeat, Hubert Hurkacz was steaming. The Polish 8th seed in Paris turned to his opponent, and asked a simple question: can we change the umpire? It was the bizarre and unheard of tennis query heard around the world. @CDEccleshare https://t.co/s9bE6jFtz1
This FO has been so weird that it briefly turned Hubert Hurkacz into someone who thought asking for the umpire to be substituted was a good idea. Piece on the tragicomedy here, with Grigor Dimitrov starring in the "what is this guy thinking" role ⬇️ https://t.co/pWqOSV534W
Furious Hubert Hurkacz demands to change umpire before crashing out of French Open https://t.co/tSnbemWxEh
Hubert Hurkacz makes bizarre suggestion to opponent in the middle of French Open defeat https://t.co/tSnbemVZOJ
Never-before-seen moment tennis ace asks opponent to help him get umpire changed https://t.co/8YS5nLmfME
Never heard this one before... 🤔 “G, do you want to make a change? Do you want to continue with the lady here?" Hubert Hurkacz asked opponent Grigor Dimitrov whether they should swap out the chair umpire mid-match at #RolandGarros. ⤵️ https://t.co/wgXx7U9UtX
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Still trying to wrap my head around these scenes. Dimitrov was about to serve to try to take the third set to a tie-break, in the fourth round of a Grand Slam, and he had to (or chose to) cross to his opponent's chair, because his opponent was trying to convince him to mutiny. https://t.co/UTeBddBwGL
Hubert Hurkacz is now 0-6 in the head-to-head vs. Grigor Dimitrov and -- even more amazingly -- 0-7 in tiebreakers some things never change...not even the chair umpires!
the casualness and audacity of Hurkacz to just assume they can switch chair umpires whenever they feel like it is nothing short of EPIC
Hubert Hurkacz asking Grigor Dimitrov if he wants to change chair umpires is one of the most bizarre -- and hilarious -- things I have EVER seen on a tennis court
Hurkacz just started talking to Dimitrov at the change of ends. 'You wanna continue? You wanna continue with the lady here or you wanna change?' Dimitrov, bewildered: 'Change what?' Hurkacz: 'Change the umpire!'
Over on Lenglen, Grigor Dimitrov is covered in a mingling of clay and blood after scraping his hand diving for a volley. And Hubert Hurkacz just shouted 'Call the supervisor!' 17 times in a row because he was looking at the wrong mark. https://t.co/a6ozI6ija5
Grigor Dimitrov is now 6-0 in tiebreakers against Hubert Hurkacz. might be the most ridiculous current statistic in all of tennis.
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A player questioning a line call as the chair umpire explains it to him - through "umpire cam" - is an unexpected hilarity. Waiting for a player to just put his or her face right up to it and start pleading his case to the viewers. 😂