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.<\/p>\n
The chair umpire said he didn’t see it, so the point was awarded to the Canadian.\u00a0A 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.<\/p>\n
Del Potro never won another point. His serve was broken, then Raonic served it out, winning the match 7-5, 6-4.<\/p>\n
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?”<\/p>\n
When a reporter told him the point was Del Potro’s, Raonic replied, “Hypothetically yes, technically no.”<\/p>\n
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