Tennis player disqualified from Queen's tournament after kicking line judge
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[B]David Nalbandian was disqualified from the Aegon Championships final after injuring a line judge by kicking an advertising board into his shin.[/B]
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[quote=BBC]The Argentine, 30, was leading Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-3) 3-4 when he smashed a panel in front of Andrew McDougall's seat, causing his leg to bleed heavily.Chair umpire Fergus Murphy awarded Cilic the match, while ATP supervisor Tom Barnes confirmed the decision.
"I am very sorry, sometimes you get frustrated on court," said Nalbandian.
With the officials discussing what course of action to take, sections of the 6,000-capacity crowd booed and chanted "play on".
But the match was abandoned and Nalbandian was left to explain his behaviour to Sue Barker on BBC One.
"Sometimes I make a mistake I agree with," he added. "It's a tough moment to end a final like that but sometimes we feel so much pressure from the ATP playing so many tournaments.
"Today I've made a mistake. Sometimes I agree and I do but everyone makes mistakes. I don't feel it had to end like that - especially in a final.[/quote]
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18479244"]source (and video)[/URL]
Good. There's no room for that kind of behavior in sports.
He was also unapologetic about it. He was like "I'm sorry, but blah blah blah". What a cunt.
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