RICKY DIMON REPORTS ON BRYAN BROTHERS “WIN” THEN “LOSE” ON DISASTROUS CALL BY KADER NOUNI

Written by: on 13th January 2015
RICKY DIMON REPORTS ON BRYAN BROTHERS "WIN" THEN "LOSE" ON DISASTROUS CALL BY KADER NOUNI  |
Photo by @bryanbros_fans via Instagram

 

No. 1 seeds Bob and Mike Bryan “lost” in the first round of the Heineken Open on Tuesday. As replay confirms, they should have won. In face, they even chest-bumped to celebrate victory before chair umpire Kader Nouni had other ideas.

 

With the Bryan brothers leading Robin Haase and Andre Begemann 9-8 in the super-tiebeaker, Mike directed a return of serve down the line back to Haase. The Dutchman replied with a cross-court forehand that landed well wide.

 

That should have given the Bryans a 6-1, 6-7(4), 10-8 win. As such, both teams approached the net to shake hands until Nouni inexplicably called the shot in and gave the point to Haase and Begemann.

 

The unseeded underdogs went on to win the next two points and prevail 1-6, 7-6(4), 11-9.

“Andre Begemann and Robin Haase caused a big upset Tuesday by beating top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 1-6, 7-6(4), 11-9. The Bryans have finished No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings a record 10 times. #atp #tennis #doubles #bryanbrothers” – Photo by @tennisupdatesatp2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“That’s the first time that’s ever happened to us and it’s probably going to be the last time,” Bob said. “What can we say? It’s just kind of like lightning struck us a little bit. We’re kind of shell-shocked. You live and die by the sword. We’ve won a lot of those close ones and it’s just the name of the game.”

 

“In our minds the match was finished,” Mike added. “We were a bit confused because the umpire wouldn’t give us an answer. We kept asking was it in or out and he wouldn’t tell us. He just kept referring to her like, ‘she didn’t call it,’ so we never got a true answer.

 

“But we’ve played tennis all over the world, that’s the first time it’s actually happened on match point and we’ve actually chest-bumped. For us it usually means the match is over.”

 

Tennis Channel commentator Robbie Koenig saw the replay of the controversial call and exclaimed, “way out.”

 

Begemann admitted, “I didn’t want to be the linesman on that one. To be honest, you get some calls every now and then. Today I think the linesman was on our side.”

 

Ricky contributes to 10sballs.com and also maintains his own tennis website, The Grandstand.

 

10sBalls_com Editors note : We vote Kadir Nouni the worst chair umpire in the past 10years. He has this big booming voice and bigger EGO. But as a chair ump he has sucked forever. Sorry for the twins to get screwed over. But the silver lining is that maybe this time he will be banished from the world tour for his lame actions.

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