Highlights: Muchova and Noskova reach Wimbledon final
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Fery broke down early and went down 3-1 as their Center Court showdown looked to be going in Zverev’s favor in the early stages.
And after the German made another powerful serve to make the fourth game 15-15, Fery immediately went to the chair umpire Mariana Veljovic, sensing that Zverev’s serve had cut the net on its way into the penalty area.
“Everyone heard it!” – Feri exclaimed. “You could hear it from the back row, come on!”
“To be honest, I didn’t hear that,” Zverev chimed in, before mentioning an earlier similar incident.
“This option was much more obvious than the first, even more so,” Feri replied.
Feri continued the dialogue with Veljović when the ends were changed.
“Feels like it would be nice to have a car, doesn’t it?” – said the 23-year-old man. “I know you’re doing the best you can, but it was very obvious.”
Tim Henman told the BBC how Grand Slam tennis was left without a power cord.
“It’s crazy with all the technology we have, like electronic phone calls,” Henman explained. “There was a network device, but it was not good at all. It really didn’t work.
“You’d think someone would come up with better technology, but at Grand Slams there hasn’t been a power cord for quite some time, it’s just called by the referee – or not called, as the case may be.”
Henman, speaking about why the device was discontinued, added: “This was a couple of years ago, a lot of times people would have to come to the site to try and fix it and it wouldn’t work properly.
“I think this (Wimbledon) net is a little harder to call because it’s made of fabric, whereas other nets in other tournaments are made of plastic and make a louder noise when the ball hits the top of the net.”
Problems with the back of my head again
Remarkably, the incident was not the end of Fury’s battle with the net, as he again suspected a replay when he was down 2-1 in the second set, throwing his arms up after Zverev’s first serve and closing in on Veljovic again.
However, she disagreed with Feri’s statement.
“You think it’s nothing, but actually no, it’s not, because the microphone is very loud and sometimes you can even hear the camera, so that’s what you heard, I’m sure of it,” she said. “It didn’t affect the network.”
Feri replied: “Then we hear it so loud and it’s still a problem.”
Arthur Fery approaches the referee during his semi-final match against Alexander Zverev.
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Veljović countered: “I told them to turn it down but it’s still too loud,” before concluding that “it was unacceptable” as Andrew Cotter added to the BBC commentary that the judge “had none of it.”
Fery eventually lost the match in straight sets as his Wimbledon dream came to an end.
After this, at his press conference, the young Briton stated his point of view on the incident with the power cord.
“I thought there were a lot of dates, only three that she (Veljović) didn’t call,” he said.
“Sasha also heard one of them, he told me that he heard years.
“The referee tried to tell me that the sound was coming from the microphone and not from the actual shot into the net.
“I mean, I’m not one of those who would complain in court, and I’m not one of those who are hard of hearing. Yes, I’m pretty sure she missed some power cords. It was a discussion.”
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