By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday October 3, 2023
Aussie Marc Polmans has been having a strong season, rising within the rankings from effectively exterior the High 300 to contained in the High 150, because of 39 wins throughout all ranges.
The 26-year-old was denied his fortieth win in Shanghai, nonetheless, as he was disqualified from a qualifying match after hitting a ball in anger that struck the umpire within the face.
There isn’t a lot video of the incident, however there may be greater than sufficient right here:
Il video del momento che è costato la squalifica a Marc Polmans e il conseguente ingresso di Napolitano nel essential draw di Shanghai.
Fonte: https://t.co/yfPI9DeUGI pic.twitter.com/HYJxhCCX6D
— TeIegrammiDiTennis (@TelDiTen) October 3, 2023
Polman was main Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 (3),6-6 (6-5) when he botched a volley on the internet and abruptly despatched the ball flying. Sadly the ball hit chair umpire Ben Anderson within the face. Polmans was shortly disqualified and, reportedly, Anderson is okay.
It had been an excellent season filled with hope for Polmans, till then. He has by no means made the principle draw of a Masters 1000 occasion.
Australian @marcpolmans has made huge enhancements to his @atptour singles rating up to now 12 months 📈
September 2022: No.782
September 2023: No.140#GoAussieshttps://t.co/qGxn8ObKJp— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) September 26, 2023
The incident was eerily just like one involving Denis Shapovalov at Davis Cup, which noticed the Canadian fireplace a ball that hit umpire Arnaud Gabas within the eye. Gabas needed to have surgical procedure to restore a fractured bone below his left eye.
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