Hubert Hurkacz asked Grigor Dimitrov to join him in protesting against the umpire in a bizarre moment during their French Open showdown. Dimitrov ended up beating Hurkacz in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals at Roland Garros but the match was not without controversy.
Dimitrov raced into a two-set lead, edging a tiebreak to clinch the first before upping his game to comfortably win the second. Hurkacz grew increasingly frustrated with the umpire as Dimitrov turned the screw in set three and lost his cool after a contentious decision towards the end of the match.
The Pole was on the brink of defeat and was left furious with a line call despite replays showing that the umpire had called it correctly. He made no secret of his frustration as he repeatedly screamed: “Call the supervisor!” before making a bizarre request to Dimitrov during a change of ends.
Hurkacz approached Dimitrov and asked him: “You wanna continue? You wanna continue with the lady here or you wanna change?” A bewildered Dimitrov said: “Change what?” with Hurkacz replying: “Change the umpire!”
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