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The shock which is held this Friday, June 9 Porte d’Auteuil is refereed by the tricolor Aurélie Tourte, authority of the discipline in tennis. Recently, she found herself at the heart of a severe argument with Djokovic.
At 39, she has reached the highest level of her discipline. Aurélie Tourte, French, is a chair umpire in the world of professional tennis. A luminary. It was she who was appointed to officiate during the long-awaited semi-final meeting of Roland-Garros 2023 between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, this Friday, June 9.
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A woman, a pioneer. She has indeed managed to find a place for herself in men’s tennis, after having cut her teeth on the women’s circuit. In 2021, she was the one who refereed the Parisian Grand Slam final, between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
A know-how and acquired respect rewarded in 2017, as noted by the ablock.fr site, by obtaining the gold badge. The highest level of refereeing which only 10 women in the world hold.
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This Friday, she finds NOvak Djokovic after a painful previous episode. A sequence that had caused a lot of talk in April 2023, in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo.
Novak Djokovic 1⃣-0⃣ Aurelie Tourte pic.twitter.com/dIC0SEBKfM
— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) https://twitter.com/Eurosport_FR/status/1646540394568589317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Serb had indeed lost his nerves, on a ball deemed good by the French referee. He considered it good. The video will show a posteriori that the player was right. But the referees do not have access to the images during the matches.
