Djokovic Calls for Video Review After Controversial Match-Point Decision

A controversial call during the Cincinnati Open has tennis stars asking for stricter enforcement of video replay.

Great Britain’s Jack Draper (above, left) won his round-of-16 match, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, over Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime (above, right) after umpire Greg Allensworth ruled a volley from the Brit as legal. Auger-Aliassime believed that Draper had hit the ball first before it hit the ground on his side of the court, but the umpire ruled it a “fair shot.”

The Canadian smiled in disbelief as he approached Allensworth, and even called in another Open supervisor to argue the call. Draper said he wasn’t sure what actually happened, but he was open to replaying the shot.

“If [the supervisor] were to tell me that it hit the floor, I’d play the point again,” Draper said.

But it wasn’t either of the players’ call to make. It was Allensworth’s decision, and he held his ground.



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