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‘Shut the F*** Up’ – Denis Shapovalov Yells at Crowd, Gets Point Penalty at Italian Open 2022
Today, at the Italian Open, the crowd saw one of the heated matches between Canadian tennis player, Denis Shapovalov, and the Italian tennis star, Lorenzo Sonego. After winning the first set in a tie-breaker, Shapovalov dramatically lost the second set. While serving at 3-4, he had a massive dispute with the chair umpire over a line call. However, he then called the supervisor and vented his frustration at the crowd for booing him.
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Denis Shapovalov lost his cool during his match against Lorenzo Sonego at the Italian Open
The Canadian tennis player was serving at 3-4 while it was deuce. Then, the line judge called out during the second serve, which prompted Shapovalov to cross the net to show the chair umpire about that line. However, the chair umpire didn’t listen to him and gave him a point penalty. As a result, he lost that game and eventually lost the second set to Sonego.
However, he could not accept the decision made by the chair umpire. He said to the umpire, “I was just showing you the mark.”
In reply, the umpire said, “That’s just the rule.”
“No, it’s not, it’s stupid,” Denis further said.
“I was just showing you the mark” Denis Shapovalov tells the umpire, who has to give him a point penalty for crossing the net.
Umpire: “That’s just the rule.”
Shapovalov: “No it’s not, it’s stupid.”
Crowd erupts.
Shapovalov: “Shut the f*** up”
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) May 9, 2022
The drama didn’t stop there, as he complained to the chair umpire about a member of the crowd. In reply, the umpire said, “I’m not gonna kick him out because I didn’t see what he was doing. I saw you talking to him and you incited it a little bit. I understand you’re frustrated.”
Shapovalov tells the umpire there is someone in the crowd who is making some sort of gesture at him.
Umpire: I’m not gonna kick him out because I didn’t see what he was doing. I saw you talking to him and you incited it a little bit. I understand you’re frustrated.
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) May 9, 2022
As the Canadian tennis player was talking to the supervisor, the crowd booed him heavily. Then, he shouted at the crowd by saying, “shut the f*** up.”
So basically it was deuce with Shapo serving at 3-4.
Then there was a dispute over a line call which turned out to be a double fault.
Then Shapo crossed the net and got a point penalty which means he dropped serve to trail Sonego 3-5.
Sonego then holds & levels the match.
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) May 9, 2022
Shapovalov vs Sonego is wild.
Shapovalov, who already had a warning, gets a code violation for crossing the net.
So that’s a point penalty.
He was *furious* about it.
He called the supervisor and shouted STFU at the crowd. Very lucky not to get a game penalty for that.
— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) May 9, 2022
Denis Shapovalov lets the crowd in Rome know how he feels after a heated disagreement with the ump over a call. #IBI22 pic.twitter.com/nEkaYMAXGf
— Josh Sánchez (@joshnsanchez) May 9, 2022
Despite his frustration, he composed himself and won the third set by 6-3 to win the match.
Shapovalov’s famous altercation against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open
In the quarter-final match at the Australian Open against Rafael Nadal, Shapovalov had a frustrating time. First, he complained to the chair umpire about Rafa taking too much time between points. Then he called the chair umpire ‘corrupt’. Then, Rafa had to walk to the net to have a conversation with him.
In the Indian Wells, he also had a meltdown moment while playing doubles with Rohan Bopanna. In one way or another, this has not been a great year for Shapovalov, in terms of his on-court antics.
Watch This Story: War of words between Denis Shapovalov and Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open 2022
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