Tennis player slams umpires chair with his racket, a breakdown
What Happened
Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo are facing off against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliövaara in a doubles match at the Mexican Open. Glasspool and Heliövaara have won the first set 6-2, and the second set is tied at 4-4 in the third and final set. As the match reaches a crucial point, Glasspool and Heliövaara take a 5-3 lead. Zverev and Melo fight back, narrowing the gap to 6-5. A contentious line call goes in favor of Glasspool and Heliövaara, prompting an emotional outburst from Zverev. He slams his racket repeatedly against the umpire's chair, breaking it in the process. The umpire remains calm and composed, despite Zverev's angry tirade. Zverev continues to argue the call, but the umpire stands his ground, ruling the ball in and awarding the game to Glasspool and Heliövaara. The crowd watches in stunned silence as Zverev unleashes his frustration. After the match, Glasspool and Heliövaara celebrate their victory, proudly showcasing their impressive hairstyles. Meanwhile, Zverev is escorted off the court, having been disqualified for his unsportsmanlike conduct. Despite the loss, he proceeds to sign autographs and take selfies with fans, demonstrating his star power in the tennis world. The incident highlights the high-stakes nature of professional tennis and the importance of maintaining composure under pressure. Zverev's emotional outburst, while understandable in the heat of the moment, ultimately cost him and his partner the match. The umpire's handling of the situation, however, was exemplary, showing a commitment to upholding the rules of the game. As the players depart the court, the audience is left to reflect on the drama that unfolded, a testament to the passion and intensity that make tennis such a captivating sport to watch.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentdoubles tennis at the mexican open we
got melo and zverev is that how you say
his name he's the star of this video
versus glasspool and heliorvara
glasspool and co won the first set six
to two mellow and co won the second set
six to four in the third and final set
10 wins and glass pulls up five nothing
all four of these players have a nice
head of hair which is good because two
out of three guys are gonna experience
hair loss by the time they're 35 and
this breakdown is brought to you by
keeps they're here to prevent that let's
see how this unfolds obviously they're
down big and they're feeling bad about
it but they get a point there comeback
begins uh oh they give one right back
now they're gonna go on a run hell of a
shot there by our dude zerev and then
okay six to three now here we go and
let's that one go six to four here we go
and let's that one go six to five
they're one away
mellow he's into it oh [ __ ]
seven to five ah [ __ ] eight to five not
looking good but
eight to five crucial point here and
they get it they hold them at eight
they're excited they're ecstatic they
feel the momentum those girls love
alexander
eight to six big point here
one
point away from tying it if they get
this or game point for glass pool and
helio
and it's game point and they're like
what
no that wasn't in that was out and
they're very upset about it they're
emphatic and the guy is like well dude
he said in and it's in so i mean it's in
just uh just be cool about it and that
guy
in the top left looks like he's hiding
himself from someone
okay so let's let's look at where the
ball bounces kind of hard to tell
because they didn't show a lot of
replays so this is the best we got and
we're kind of missing frames
because it goes from this frame to
that frame
so
that looks like it's about to land right
on the line this is the best angle they
gave us this frame to that frame
to this frame to me looks like that
landed right on the line obviously this
isn't that good because there's not a
lot of frames to be dealing with we
didn't give us the 120 frames per second
replay i'm saying that's good they're
pretty upset about it because now it's
game point and the judge wearing his
lacos polo he doesn't care and bam ace
and glass pool and helia varla win it
and they show off their hair right in
everyone's face but the other guy's got
hair too they're all good and they say
good and then they go walk right to the
judge he's like hey calm down i don't
want it
bam racket at the feet bam racket at the
feet and another slice just for the fun
of it i don't know seems like something
you can't do so the first one comes
and the judge kind of flinches his feet
he plays it pretty cool the next one
comes gets his foot out of there now
he's not hitting him
he's hitting all around him breaking his
racket everyone in the stands is like
whoa
this lady's like cool calm down and this
guy he just can't figure it out like
what the hell like dude be cool about it
it's all good
you [ __ ] you [ __ ] lost it i don't
know something that and he's gonna get
up and this is kind of the worst one
because you can play heat of the moment
it's still terrible you can't really
play that but then to go back and throw
another one come on dude
can't do that no one really does
anything to stop him which is the weird
part at all and like the the ref just
gets down the judge whatever they call
him the racket is incredibly busted that
doesn't mean he's not going to give it
to a kid he's going to give it to those
girls absolutely not he's going gonna
swing it away from them and give it to
that kid who's got the giant ball so
that's a keepsake forever the racket
that got him kicked out of the mexican
open belongs to that kid he should sell
it
or keep it he can do whatever he wants
with it it's his racket now officially
the weirdest part is even though he lost
and freaked out and
got kicked out he's still gonna sign a
ton of autographs and a lot of selfies
so he signed in some small tennis balls
some big tennis balls and then
eventually
in comes
a piece of garbage
now some someone you'll see it soon
someone's like damn i need to get
something signed he's doing signing can
you sign this giant cup that i that i
finished drinking out of
i think he didn't sign that
because it's just a giant piece of
garbage
but hey look at all the hair in this
shot it's beautiful if you want to keep
your hair you got to go to keeps to get
50 off your first order go to keeps.com
john boy keep your hair keep your cool
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