Two balls on the court, discussion with the umpire and a movie comeback in Rome Open

He Rome Open He lived one of the most surreal moments since the tournament began. Is that, due to the first round of the Masters and WTA 1000, a situation occurred that led to the controversy about the closure of the Spanish between the Spanish Carlos Taberner and the American Aleksandar Kovacevic which resulted in an unthinkable comeback.

But let’s go in parts. The meeting marched with a set per side and 5-4 (15-30) in favor of the North American in the defining manga. With the serve on his side, the Spanish had to become strong and not lose his stirrups, since two more points against and his elimination would be consummated.

However, that was when everything changed. With the mentioned score, the native of Valencia executed his service and began a small ball, that the umpire had to stop just when Taberner hit his blow against the network. But what happened was that a few seconds before, a second ball entered the court

The chair judge sang Let When you realize the situation and He unleashed Kovacevic’s anger, who felt harmed by the action. After talking with him and reviewing the video of the action, he played the point that ended up in the hands of Spanish. From that moment on, the turning point began.

Taberner won the Game and the next two games, where the American could only make three points. In this way, the European won the victory and qualified for the second round, where he will collide with the Australian Alexei Popyrin.