The outburst of an Argentine tennis player that caused him to be disqualified in the Santiago Challenger: “He’s a criminal”

From the top to the bottom of the sea, in a few hours. The Rosary Renzo Olivo He went from being doubles champion in Bolivia with Andrea Collarini to stay disqualified inside Challenger from Santiago de Chilefollowing a fit of anger which caused him to be disqualified in the first leg match played on Tuesday against the Brazilian Orlando Luce. The culmination of the situation came when the Argentine kicked the referee’s chair, who he also accused of being a “criminal”, upset by a sentence that he considered unjust.

It all happened when the score was on the rise for the Argentine (3-6 and 1-2), who in that third game of the second set suffered a service break, from an imperceptible touch of the net with his right foot, when went to volleyball.

It was a hot moment for Olivo, who immediately dropped his racket, took off his cap and grabbed his head: “No… He charged me for a touch, he charged me for a touch, he’s a criminal”.

The rule, if the touch existed, is clear: “If a player touches the net before the end of a point, before the ball bounces twice after a winning shot or when a ball falls or remains in the net, the referee will award indicates his opponent.”

While the referee signaled that he thought he had touched the net, Olivo received a warning for his behavior, and continued with the protests, in this case speaking on behalf of the team where his team and his friends were.

When he approached his bench, the man from Rosario – number 286 in the world – increased his anger, he expressed it by throwing his racket against the referee’s chair, who also received a kick that made him finish with your foot inside the structure.

The referee called the supervisor and informed him of Olivo’s disqualification, which left the Chilean Challenger round of 16 draw with seven Argentinians present.

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, Facundo Bagnis, Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Fede Gómez, Valerio Aboian, Andrea Collarini and Genaro Olivieri were the protagonists of the Albiceleste’s victories, while Román Burruchaga and Mariano Kestelboim lost.