NEW YORK -- Canada's Daniel Nestor is out of the U.S. Open after an ill-tempered quarter-final loss in men's doubles action Tuesday.
The Toronto native and his Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic suffered a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-0 loss to Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Andy Ram of Israel.
Nestor was furious with chair umpire Lynn Welch for not controlling what appeared to be a rowdy bunch who stood out in the sparcely populated Grandstand stadium. They yelled and distracted in support of Mirnyi and Ram, which bothered Nestor and Zimonjic enough to complain.
"Your job is to say something, this is not Davis Cup," the 37-year-old Canadian told the chair. "There is something called sportsmanship."
He and the burly Ram then exchanged harsh words after the loss.
"I don't mind losing if we get beat," said Nestor. "But not losing if some guy in the crowd is acting like a jackass. I remember him from Cincinnati last year making the same kind of noises and clapping between serves.
"I got in his face about it and got a warning (fifth game of the third set). I asked Ram about it in the locker-room and he claimed not to know anything -- said he was too focused on his game or something."
