Cameron Norrie: British tennis player throws racke...

Britain’s Cameron Norrie averted disqualification for throwing his racket into the group throughout his straight-sets defeat on the Auckland Basic.

Norrie let loose his frustration after a poor forehand return which hit the online to provide opponent Facundo Diaz Acosta match level, with the Argentinian sealing the win 6-2 6-3.

The spectator was hit by the racket, however not with drive, and suffered no accidents, with Norrie solely receiving a warning from the chair umpire.

Novak Djokovic was controversially disqualified from the 2020 US Open after unintentionally hitting a line line decide with a ball, however Stefanos Tsitsipas averted being defaulted for hitting a ball into the group at Wimbledon in 2022 in his fiery match with Nick Kyrgios.

“I wasn’t that means to do this however it’s nonetheless not very best to be doing that and I’ve by no means achieved one thing like that,” mentioned Norris.

“She was laughing and I simply mentioned ‘so sorry, I did not imply to do this’. And he or she mentioned ‘yeah, I am utterly OK’.

“That was not an enormous deal. However as we noticed with another gamers, you’ll be able to simply be defaulted if it catches them within the mistaken spot or they are not trying or one thing.

“I used to be not that means to do this and it’s utterly not me to do one thing like that. I apologised in a short time and I wish to apologise normally. I am not pleased with how I behaved.”

Norrie struggled with damage all through 2024, lacking the North American swing in the summertime, together with the US Open.

Nonetheless, he made a stable begin to 2025 by reaching the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open final week and can now head to Melbourne for the Australian Open, which begins on Sunday.

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