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Nick kyrgios was left angry with chair umpire Marijana Veljovic after being denied several aces due to confusion over net catching technology.
The first incident occurred in the first set of his Second round clash against French 29th seed Ugo Humbert, with Kyrgios serving behind 2-3 in the set.
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Kyrgios landed an ace to start the service game before he was oddly judged by Veljovic, although he appeared to be way over the net.
The next point, Kyrgios sent another ace before the referee again incorrectly pronounced the let. He obliged and resumed his serve before sending a slower serve high up the net.
Veljovic then shot Kyrgios again for another throw, despite the ball visibly clearing the net, leaving Kygios and the crowd stumped.
Well to his right, the Australian stopped play and approached the referee, asking him to reset the apparently faulty technology that was telling his chair that the net had been touched.
“Brother, it was so high above the net, reset the machine because the ball is so high above the net. Watch the replay,” Kyrgios said.
“It was so high up on the net, obviously something’s wrong, so reset the machine.”
The arbitrator agreed and confirmed that she would reset and investigate the error.
Humbert would end up taking the opening set 7-5 after breaking the Australian’s serve to end the set.
However, the tech issue surfaced again in the second set as Kyrgios and Humbert turned down aces on controversial calls.
Holding a 5-4 lead and serving for the second set, Kyrgios was once again angry after being denied a pair of aces.
“Just turn off the machine. Turn it off, ”he told Veljovic.
“It happened in (Humbert’s) serve, it was so far on the net. It ruins the game, don’t you understand that?
“Look at the score. How do you understand it? It happened in the first set and I told you to turn it off. Did you turn it off?
“I don’t play until you turn it off, it’s so far from the net.”
Technology didn’t derail Kyrgios as he was able to serve the second set to tie the thrilling game and win the game.
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