Arthur Fery was frustrated by "obvious" umpire errors and was made to replay a crucial point during his Wimbledon semi-final againts Alexander Zverev after a ball kid moved to collect a ball before the end of the point.
Fery was serving at 1-1 0-30 in the early stages of the second set, after the German second seed and French Open champion Zverev won the first thanks to a one-sided tiebreak.
It felt pivotal to the British wildcard's chances that he kept serve at the start of the second but the big-serving Zverev secured an important break of serve, to love, in the third game.
It came, however, after Fery thought he had won the third point of the game to reduce the score to 15-30. Fery's wide serve was miscued by Zverev down the line, with Fery moving in to put away an angled volley.
Zverev reached the ball on the opposite side of the court and his reply landed out. But the point had been stopped by umpire Marijana Veljovic after the ball kid under her chair stood up and moved to collect Zverev's return, thinking it was going to land out.
Fery was serving at 1-1 0-30 in the early stages of the second set, after the German second seed and French Open champion Zverev won the first thanks to a one-sided tiebreak.
It felt pivotal to the British wildcard's chances that he kept serve at the start of the second but the big-serving Zverev secured an important break of serve, to love, in the third game.
It came, however, after Fery thought he had won the third point of the game to reduce the score to 15-30. Fery's wide serve was miscued by Zverev down the line, with Fery moving in to put away an angled volley.
Zverev reached the ball on the opposite side of the court and his reply landed out. But the point had been stopped by umpire Marijana Veljovic after the ball kid under her chair stood up and moved to collect Zverev's return, thinking it was going to land out.
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