Fed VS Berdych umpire. Worst ever?

[peRFection]

Despite the great Fed demolishing Berdych, the umpire made the worst call of all time. During the 1st set, Fed made a challenge.. unfortunately, it could not be shown on the screen due to technical issues. Not confirmed that the ball was in. Yet, the umpire eliminated one of Feds challenges.

Please in the name of god, can someone explain to me his intention of this decision????!!

This is just the stupidest call I have ever seen.

 

[tennis_pro]

Fergus Murphy?

Not his best decision but there are far worse umpires.

Like the dude who overruled Errani's serve which was like 20cm in.

 

[Towser83]

Yeah but hawkeye did work and Fed's challenge was wrong, it was just they couldn't SHOW the visual representation of where the ball landed. So he challenged, he got it wrong, he lost one of his challenges. It's simple

 

[Deleted member 733170]

It was the correct decision. Federer even half apologised for his ‘antsy’ behaviour during the post match on court interview.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Remember Cedric Mourier's line-twisting eyesight.

 

[MarcusInKensington]

Carlos Ramos the the worst umpire, in every match he has ever officiated.

 

[Jackuar]

It's good that he did that. It fired up Fed isn't it? Apart from the injury reason by berdych. Same thing happened with cilic last night.

 

[George Turner]

Troicki always gets the worst umpires. "Why do i always get idiots??"

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Troicki always gets the worst umpires. "Why do i always get idiots??"

Like attracts like, that's the obvious answer.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

It's good that he did that. It fired up Fed isn't it? Apart from the injury reason by berdych. Same thing happened with cilic last night.

Yes...
Otherwise birdman could've taken it to 4 or even worse, 5 sets. Remember he had a couple of set points in the first one. In no matter birdman was defeating federer, but he surely would have emptied his tank to ensure another 5 set grinder or defeat on the hands of chung. Actually as fed fans, we should thank the umpire for firing up Roger.

 

[EloQuent]

It was the correct decision. Federer even half apologised for his ‘antsy’ behaviour during the post match on court interview.

Was it? If there's no way to verify the "challenge" then how can count as a challenge?

 

[limmt]

Was it? If there's no way to verify the "challenge" then how can count as a challenge?

But the challenge was actually verified, so it counted as a challenge.

Unlike in Gasquet's match were the Hawk Eye was really down, here it was just the display of the Hawk Eye that was down, but not the Hawkeye itself.

 

[Steve0904]

Remember Cedric Mourier's line-twisting eyesight.

I did almost forget honestly. Nice reminder though. How bout this? A couple years before the invention of hawkeye here.

 

[EloQuent]

But the challenge was actually verified, so it counted as a challenge.

Unlike in Gasquet's match were the Hawk Eye was really down, here it was just the display of the Hawk Eye that was down, but not the Hawkeye itself.

missed that part, thanks

 

[NatF]

Federer got his challenge so one was deducted. Makes sense no?

OP is an idiot.

 

[EloQuent]

anyone have a clip of the incident?

 

[ingvar]

No umpire was fine fed was in wrong. Not gonna hold it against him its a grandslam high pressure situation. Maybe he was confused and didnt know hawkeye was working just no pic. I was a bit confused when it happened didnt realise ball was definitely in. Fed was also moody as heck today though is he in pain? he gets like that when his back flares up

 

[peRFection]

Federer got his challenge so one was deducted. Makes sense no?

OP is an idiot.

Sorry my friend you’re wrong. Federer was never told at the court that the ball was in. Read his press conference.

 

[peRFection]

Yeah but hawkeye did work and Fed's challenge was wrong, it was just they couldn't SHOW the visual representation of where the ball landed. So he challenged, he got it wrong, he lost one of his challenges. It's simple

No it didn’t. Fed was never told in the court that the Hawkeye worked and it was in.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

No it didn’t. Fed was never told in the court that the Hawkeye worked and it was in.

The call was confirmed on the court, the umpire made the announcement as soon as he found out the Hawkeye video wasn't showing.

 

[Mr.Lob]

The umpire John McEnroe called, "... the pits of the world", has to be the worst.

 

[Sudacafan]

Despite the great Fed demolishing Berdych, the umpire made the worst call of all time. During the 1st set, Fed made a challenge.. unfortunately, it could not be shown on the screen due to technical issues. Not confirmed that the ball was in. Yet, the umpire eliminated one of Feds challenges.

Please in the name of god, can someone explain to me his intention of this decision????!!

This is just the stupidest call I have ever seen.

And that’s all of it? A challenge? I thought it was something really serious, that could be compared, for instance, to the Rome overrule done to Goffin against Nadal last year. Don’t remember the name of that infamous umpire now.

 

[BeatlesFan]

The call was confirmed on the court, the umpire made the announcement as soon as he found out the Hawkeye video wasn't showing.

I'm watching the replay and the umpire clearly said, "Hawkeye is not available to be shown, but Hawkeye showed the ball IN." Fed was wrong to complain about it.

 

[NatF]

Sorry my friend you’re wrong. Federer was never told at the court that the ball was in. Read his press conference.

Yes he was told. Watch it yourself.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

I'm watching the replay and the umpire clearly said, "Hawkeye is not available to be shown, but Hawkeye showed the ball IN." Fed was wrong to complain about it.

Exactly, I don't know what Federer was complaining about there. And I also don't know why this thread was created either.

 

[Steve0904]

Exactly, I don't know what Federer was complaining about there. And I also don't know why this thread was created either.

Well, Fed's been known to complain irrationally about hawkeye before. "It's killing me today."

 

[Shaolin]

Mariana Alves will always be the worst.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Well, Fed's been known to complain irrationally about hawkeye before. "It's killing me today."

Well, this thread proves that idiots here just make threads without watching the match and/or proof.

 

[Steve0904]

Well, this thread proves that idiots here just make threads without watching the match and/or proof.

Well yes. You only have the read the OP to figure that out. For example it starts "despite the great Federer..." and ends with "This is the stupidest call I've ever seen." This despite multiple people saying the ump was right and Federer was wrong. And anything that starts with a superlative in front of Federer (in a serious tone) is a fanboy alert to the max.

 

[zagor]

Old man yells at Hawk-eye.

 

[DJTaurus]

Federer behaved like Kyrgios to the umpire....he also said him on another point without reason and in ironic tone sth like are you gonna challenge this? But you know arogerer is not like the bad boy kyrgios....he has a free pass. When whatever stupidest unserious thing kyrgios says and then 2 and 3 topics are created to bash him is normal.....

 

[DJTaurus]

You feel comfortable about this ? Like kyrgios like son
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/tennis/...18-roger-federer-fumes-at-being-screwed-over/

And as i mentioned the second thing told him on another point:

He referenced the argument again later in the set, when he served a double fault and directed a sly line at the chair umpire.

"Can I have another challenge?" he asked sarcastically.

And no warning.....free pass to the arrogerer.

 

[JMR]

I'm watching the replay and the umpire clearly said, "Hawkeye is not available to be shown, but Hawkeye showed the ball IN." Fed was wrong to complain about it.

That's a terrible, ambiguous explanation. The umpire should have said something like this, which would have been clearer to both Fed and the audience: "The Hawkeye replay is not available to be shown to the players and the audience on the public screen. However, I have viewed the Hawkeye result on my screen, and Hawkeye showed the ball to have been IN. Therefore, the call stands. Mr. Federer has __ challenges remaining."

 

[chrisingrassia]

Because your avatar and username implies complete impartiality on the issue?
:eyeroll:

Despite the great Fed demolishing Berdych, the umpire made the worst call of all time. During the 1st set, Fed made a challenge.. unfortunately, it could not be shown on the screen due to technical issues. Not confirmed that the ball was in. Yet, the umpire eliminated one of Feds challenges.

Please in the name of god, can someone explain to me his intention of this decision????!!

This is just the stupidest call I have ever seen.

 

[jklos]

Site down, app crashing, hawk-eye not working.... Who's running tech at the Aus Open this year?? Yeesh.

 

[Bobby Jr]

Sorry my friend you’re wrong. Federer was never told at the court that the ball was in. Read his press conference.

Wrong. On TV you could clearly hear the umpire say that Hawkeye confirmed the ball was in but that the Hawkeye graphics were just not working. Anyone watching it on TV could hear him say that on main microphone.

 

[abmk]

Old man yells at Hawk-eye.

I LOL'ed

 

[The Green Mile]

Come on, how many times has a situation like this happened? So many times I've seen similar situations where they couldn't show the hawk eye graphic on screen, yet confirmed it was in or out. Fed was just venting. Fergus Murphy is a great Umpire.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Wrong. On TV you could clearly hear the umpire say that Hawkeye confirmed the ball was in but that the Hawkeye graphics were just not working. Anyone watching it on TV could hear him say that on main microphone.

I did understand it that way as well, but Fed seems to claim in his press conference that he hadn't understood it like that. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because it wasn't said explictly that Hawkeye confirmed the call was out - but of course it could also be that he is slightly embarassed by losing his cool but doesn't want to outright admit that he was wrong and adrenaline got the better of him.

In any case, no problem from the umpire IMO. Not the greatest display from Fed tbh, but also not a big deal about his whinging on the scale of player reactions when they get frustrated.

 

[tennisaddict]

No it didn’t. Fed was never told in the court that the Hawkeye worked and it was in.

Fed should have known the rules. Even we know that when umpires make a call on the intercom it just means they are not able to show the replay. Does not mean hawkeye did not capture.

Actually Berdych is the one who should be fuming. The 3 line calls called against him were atrocious to say the least and clearly presented a bias in favor of Federer by the linesmen / umpire.

 

[Bobby Jr]

I did understand it that way as well, but Fed seems to claim in his press conference that he hadn't understood it like that. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because it wasn't said explictly that Hawkeye confirmed the call was out.

Actually, it was said explicitly that Hawkeye confirmed the ball was out.

Federer, as often happens with players, just didn't hear the announcement among the dim of the stadium. It's happened before, even to Federer when he once missed an overrule (which cost him a point) and two points later when he lost the game he had to ask why the score was wrong. He didn't even hear the overrule so didn't challenge.

 

[chjtennis]

Fergus Murphy?

Not his best decision but there are far worse umpires.

Like the dude who overruled Errani's serve which was like 20cm in.

Yup. He is one of the top umpires in the business.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

I'm watching the replay and the umpire clearly said, "Hawkeye is not available to be shown, but Hawkeye showed the ball IN." Fed was wrong to complain about it.

That's actually not verbatim what he said. I didn't think it was, and checked the replay, and he said:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, HawkEye are unable to show the graphic for the last call, but the call was in".

Of course it comes down to the same thing, but it is slightly less clear than your version, and in the heat of the moment you can imagine that Fed would have misunderstood this.

 

[santiago_rios]

Sorry my friend you’re wrong. Federer was never told at the court that the ball was in. Read his press conference.

This is correct. WTF is so hard to grasp about this situation? The umpire'd failing was in not communicating this clearly. As it was too hard to use a few words to explain proper? So Fed got angry cause he thought he was robbed, and who would not!

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Actually, it was said explicitly that Hawkeye confirmed the ball was out.

Federer, as often happens with players, just didn't hear the announcement among the dim of the stadium. It's happened before, even to Federer when he once missed an overrule (which cost him a point) and two points later when he lost the game he had to ask why the score was wrong. He didn't even hear the overrule so didn't challenge.

As I write in another post, the umpire said:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, HawkEye are unable to show the graphic for the last call, but the call was in".

It's not quite as explicit as you state here. Of course, it's also quite possible that he did not hear the announcement clearly, which could then easily lead to the confusion.

 

[Nashvegas]

Site down, app crashing, hawk-eye not working.... Who's running tech at the Aus Open this year?? Yeesh.

Don’t forget the false fire alarm that delayed the start of the Chung - Sandgren match.

That's actually not verbatim what he said. I didn't think it was, and checked the replay, and he said:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, HawkEye are unable to show the graphic for the last call, but the call was in".

That was how I heard it live, and I didn’t translate that to mean Hawkeye confirmed the result. I agreed with Fed’s complaint initially. I think he got the full explanation and still kept up the argument... based at that point on not being able to witness the result perhaps. He admitted he was off base in the on-court interview.

 

[Contrapuntal]

That's actually not verbatim what he said. I didn't think it was, and checked the replay, and he said:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, HawkEye are unable to show the graphic for the last call, but the call was in".

Thank you! That's what I remembered hearing as well, I was starting to think I must have misheard.

It's very ambiguous - could easily be seen to just be repeating the original call in the absence of hawkeye. That's how Roger understood it, and the umpire didn't do a very good job of clarifying, so no wonder he felt robbed.

 

[augustobt]

I did almost forget honestly. Nice reminder though. How bout this? A couple years before the invention of hawkeye here.

This match was the reason why we have Hawk-eye today.

 

[augustobt]

Fergus Murphy is among the best of the circuit along with Carlos Bernardes...

Worse umpires:
Mariana Alves
Ali Nhili
Cedrid Blindrier

 

[DNShade]

Thank you! That's what I remembered hearing as well, I was starting to think I must have misheard.

It's very ambiguous - could easily be seen to just be repeating the original call in the absence of hawkeye. That's how Roger understood it, and the umpire didn't do a very good job of clarifying, so no wonder he felt robbed.

Exactly. Fergus didn't really explain it very well and on court I think Fed thought that Hawk Eye didn't work and that Fergus was going with the original call and so why did he lose a challenge then? That's how I read it watching it live. Plus Fed was agitated and in the heat of battle so he used it. Nothing that atrocious at all.

And later when he asked for another challenge he was being funny with just a bit of sarcasm.