EARLY this morning (I have a puppy which is worse than having a baby - crying all night), I watched the tennis match with Blake and a guy from Chile (I think Fernandez but can't remember). Anyway, in the last set, Blake was up 9 games to 8 and the Chilean was serving, score tied at 15 all. So, Blake hits this ball, the Chile guy is at the net, and the ball deflects OFF HIS RAQUET out of bounds. So, the referee calls it out.
Blake argues that the Chile guy's raquet hit the ball - it was clear on tv and the commentators were all saying it happened. Well, the referee just sits there and does nothing. The Chile guy is down at the end of the court with his back to the discussion (CHEATER, CHEATER PUMPKIN EATER!!!!) not saying anything.
Well, you'd hope Karma would come back and bite him in the butt, but NO, Blake, visibly shaken ends up losing not only that game, but is then broken and loses the match.
The commentator was shocked and made the comment that tennis is supposed to be a gentleman's game and the Chile guy KNOWS that he lost that point and should have said something, that that's the way it used to be done.
SHAME on him. Now, Blake is a big boy, and should have been able to refocus, but still, I just think that is such bad sportsmanship, and in the Olympics, you'd hope that people would act in a sportsmanlike manner.
Winning at the expense of integrity is just bad
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