During his defeat against Flavio Cobolli in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai, Stan Wawrinka was the victim of a gross refereeing error. An incident which infuriated not the main person concerned, but several personalities on the circuit including the enfant terrible Nick Kyrgios and the current 3rd in the world Alexander Zverev.
This Monday, October 7, Stan Wawrinka did not come far from winning a second success in a row for the first time this year, but the 39-year-old Vaudois finally had to admit defeat against the young Italian Flavio Cobolli in the 2nd round. of the Shanghai Masters 1000 (6-7, 7-6, 6-3). However, a refereeing error may have precipitated his defeat.
Indeed, at 1-0 in the decisive set, Wawrinka scored the first point on his serve. The referee then correctly announces the score (15-0), but after the next point, won by Cobolli, Mr. Bernardes indicates 0-30, while the correct score is 15-15. And as incredible as it may seem, no one realizes the mistake, so much so that the 22-year-old Italian then signs the only break of the match on this play.
Result: a few minutes later, the Swiss veteran is eliminated and therefore misses his meeting with Novak Djokovic.
If Stan Wawrinka did not wish to comment on this gross error of which he was the victim, Nick Kyrgios was quick to accuse the Brazilian referee. “Bernardes should have been fired years ago. How can this happen? Potato,” the Australian railed at X.
The famous American coach Brad Gilbert also took up the “affair”. “How can such an error occur and not be corrected? I didn’t see the match but if it happened, it’s inexcusable,” wrote on X the one who was thanked by Coco Gauff a few weeks ago.
And finally, Alexander Zverev made a huge rant against the general level of refereeing in the middle of his match against the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor on Tuesday. “You (referees) are screwing up every tournament this year. Completely. Carlos Bernardes completely ruined Stan Wawrinka’s match. The guy on the Tiafoe match completely ruined the match. And now it’s falling on me. How is this possible? “, grumbled the German before throwing his racket to the ground and receiving a warning.
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