Lorenzo Musetti escapes French Open disqualification after kicking ball at line judge

Lorenzo Musetti they avoided disqualified from French Open After accidentally hitting the ball in the Line Sucue during this quarter-final victory Frances Tiafoe.

Italian progressed into his first Roland Garros semifinals after Tiafoe beats in four sets and will play the chain champion Carlos Alcaraz On Friday for the place in the final.

But the eighth seed was lucky to escape during his competition with Tiafoe when Musoette risked that he was unpaid from the tournament after he struck the line judge with his foot.

Speaking after the game, Tiafoe said that the lack of punishment was “comedy”, and Italian admitted that he was “scared” potentially ejecting from the tournament.

Musetti, who lost the previous point on serving and decreased 3-5 in the second set, received balls from the ball boy when he rejected one of them behind the base.

Instead of reaching to catch him, the 23-year-old decided to swing the left foot on the ball, hitting him on the semi-color.

The ball inadvertently hit the line-in-chest in line and when he understood his mistake, Münteti moved toward her before he took the racket in the scout gesture.

Musetti received a warning for unsportsmanlike behavior from the Chairman of the Judge, but further actions were not taken, with Italian for victory 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2 and reach the semifinals.

“Honestly, it was [a] Really an accident coincidence, “Musetti said.” I was a little, honestly, scared, because I really didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

“So I immediately went to order from the Sump and I said, ‘Sorry, I’m sorry for everyone.’

“It was okay to warn her. I think the judge saw that there is no intention and because [he] Let me continue my game. “

Tiafoe said that he was surprised that Musetti was not disqualified and said the rules were applied inconsistently.

“Yes, I mean, he obviously did that and nothing happened,” Tiafoe said at his press conference.

“I think it’s comic, but that’s what it is. Nothing happened, so there’s nothing about it.

“Obviously not consistent, so that’s what it is.”

The incident had similarities when Novak Djokovic bio Disqualified from the US opened 2020. years For the wrongly striking line judge in his throat when he hit the ball toward the back of the court.

Djokovic was declared a tournament officials after a long-term discussion about the court after taking the ball from his pocket and hit him behind his racket, falling in the woman’s lionic judge.

On TNT sports, Tim Henmanwho was disqualified from couples of Wimbledon couples in 1995. years When he accidentally hit the ball in his headHe said Musetti took over a huge risk.

Former British no. 1 He said, “Letter of law, if you hit or hit the ball in frustration and striking the ball of a boy or a line judge or judge, it can be disqualification.

“When you look at it, Sumire could interpret that as disqualification. However, if Musetti is disqualified for that I think he would feel very unhappy and very damaged.

“But when you hit the ball, or you had to be a better football player and hit it in the right direction or risking something like that.”

Defense of the champion alcaraz defeated Tommy Paul 6-0 6-1 6-4 In just 93 minutes to return to France’s open semifinals in order and described how it feels that he plays the “perfect” tennis match the saying: “I could close my eyes and everything I went into everything.”

Almost half of the total points defeated the winners, with a spontacle by hitting 40 over straight sets, win the best presentation of the tournament so far.

He interviewed him with the triple French open-air-in-open rusters, who asked Alcaraz as he felt he played the “perfect” game in Roland Garros.

“I could close my eyes and everything went inside. My sense of today was amazing,” Alcaraz said. “I was trying to hit each blow 100 percent. I was trying to hit everyone forward. Today was the day in which everything went in. It was amazing.”