ATP: Tennys Sandgren - disqualification à la Djokovic
Tennys Sandgren was disqualified at the ATP Challenger tournament in Cary, USA, because he hit a linesman with a ball.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Sep 15, 2021, 11:23 am
Tuesday did not go as Tennys Sandgren's request: The American did not even play two games at the ATP Tour Challenger tournament in Cary against his compatriot Christopher Eubanks - and was then disqualified. What happened? Sandgren had had a ball thrown into the genitals by a ball child and hit it away in an affect. And hit a linesman in the buttocks.
The consequence of this was as clear as that of Novak Djokovic in his match against Pablo Carreno Busta at the US Open 2020. At that time, the world number one had caught a line judge in the neck.
So Sandgren was disqualified. And also made it clear on Twitter that the matter was entirely his fault. The 30-year-old from Tennessee is currently number 103 in the ATP world rankings and represented the USA at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.