After dropping the first set, it looked like Juan Martin Del Potro was cruising to the end of a hard-earned second set in order to force a third, against the Canadian Milos Raonic at the Rogers Cup, on Thursday night in Montreal. But while serving up a break at 4-3, Raonic rushed to the net to put away the ball with a forehand when his foot hit the net before the point was officially over.
The chair umpire said he didn’t see it, so the point was awarded to the Canadian. A visibly upset Del Potro got into an argument with the umpire, who admitted he made a mistake after watching the replay on the stadium’s big screen.
Del Potro never won another point. His serve was broken, then Raonic served it out, winning the match 7-5, 6-4.
After the match, the Canadian was asked by the press whether or not he should have called himself on it, and said, “It’s a big point. If you can put somebody in that situation being down break point, same thing happens do you call it on yourself?”
When a reporter told him the point was Del Potro’s, Raonic replied, “Hypothetically yes, technically no.”
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