MELBOURNE, 27. siječnja (Hina) - Nakon poraza od Nizozemca Jana
Siemerinka u susretu prvoga kola Australia Opena Goran Ivanišević
samo je prošao pored glavnog suca Rudia Bergera. Kasnije se nije
pojavio niti na presici. Za svoje ponašanje zaradio je kaznu od
5.000 dolara. Niti Mirjana Lučić nije bila oduševljena suđenjem.
"Ne mogu opisati koliko sam razočarana sutkinjom. Stalno je
mijenjala odluke," kazala je još vruća nakon poraza od Ive Majoli.
Međutim, priča o sucima i o njihovim u pojedinim trenucima zaista
čudnim odlukama nije stala na našim tenisačima.
Nakon današnjeg iznenađujućeg i za mnoge šokantnog poraza prvog
tenisača svijeta Amerikanca Peta Samprasa od Slovaka Karola
Kučere, slika iz Goranovog dvoboja se ponovila. Sampras je
nezadovoljan suđenjem ljuto dobacio sucu "Danas smo obojica imala
loš dan." Rukovanje su ostavili za neka druga vremena. Kasnije kada
se ohladio svjestan da je ponajviše sam kriv za poraz Sampras je
požalio što se nije pozdravio sa sucem Larsom Graffom, no ni tada
nije propustio nazvati njegove odluke, ne samo upitnim, već i
smiješnim. "Promjenio je odluku linijskog suca pri rezultatu 15-30
u zadnjoj igri. Zaista je frustrirajuće kada tako naporno radite
nizašto," bio je još uvijek razočaran Sampras.
Nakon poraza ljutila se i deveta nositeljica Sandrine Testud.
"Mislim da su suci vrlo loši," kazala je nakon poraza od Španjolke
Conchite Martinez u četvrtzavršnici, te dodala: "rade zaista mnogo
pogrešaka". Nitko od uznemirenih i "oštećenih" tenisača nije
uputio službeno pritužbu, no očito je da su mnogi frustrirani.
"Jedino što vam preostaje je nastaviti igrati" pronašla je
riješenje Lindsay Davenport. "To je strašno, mislite da ste
osvojili poen, a tada čujete glas suca...". Ništa treba nastaviti
igrati.
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Top seed Pete Sampras refused to shake the umpire's hand after one
too many overrules during his losing quarter-final battle on
Tuesday against Karol Kucera at the Australian Open.
Ninth seed Sandrine Testud lost her quarter-final on a line call
that was corrected by the line judge then overruled by umpire Di
Larkin.
Alberto Berasategui went two sets down after a close call in his
quarter-final against Andre Agassi.
Last year it was soft balls. This year's Australian Open gripe is
the standard of the line-judging.
"I think the umpires here are so bad," Testud said after she lost.
"They make so many mistakes."
Not one to complain about umpires, gentleman Pete regretted
snubbing umpire Lars Graff, but said his overrules during the match
ranged from "more than a little questionable" to "ridiculous".
"He overruled a tough shot at 15-30 that last game. It's so
frustrating when you're working hard out there," said Sampras.
"We both had a bad day," the world number one said of the umpire
after being knocked out of the year's first grand slam event.
None of the players publicly blamed the line judges or umpires for
changing the outcome of their matches. But they were obviously
frustrated.
Testud said she had spotted bad calls in her own and other players'
matches throughout the tournament but had not made any official
complaint.
"You have to play with it," she said.
Second seed Lindsay Davenport, too, shrugged off an overrule that
went against her when she was down a set against Venus Williams in a
quarter-final that Davenport won.
"You think you have won the point, and you hear a
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