Tennis Ball Hitting The Floor

Novak djokovic the 17 time grand slam champion was disqualified from the us open after hitting a ball at a line judge on sunday night.

Tennis ball hitting the floor. Djokovic was becoming frustrated after suffering a fall and having dropped serve to trail 5 6 he hit a ball reasonably hard to the back of the court striking a female line judge above the shoulders. She was able to get up after a few minutes and. 6 a player can also reach over the net to hit the ball if it first bounces on his her side of the court but the ball goes back over the net e g due to spin or wind before the player can hit it. But the ball hit the linesperson in the throat and she collapsed to the floor.

There is a rule in place for it. It doesn t seem like such a difficult question but it always brings up great discussions. Dropping a basketball and a tennis ball from the same height. The serb was disqualified in the fourth round after he hit a ball to the back of the court in frustration after dropping serve in the first set against spain s pablo carreno busta sending the.

World no 1 novak djokovic has apologised and says he feels sad and empty after being sensationally booted out of the us open for hitting an official with a tennis ball. Yes they are a little blurry. The ball hit a female line judge in the throat causing her to fall on the floor. It s very unfortunate that you know he hit the line judge and especially where it hit her zverev said.

Djokovic was becoming frustrated after suffering a fall and having dropped serve to trail 5 6 he hit a ball reasonably hard to the back of the court striking a female line judge above the shoulders. After having his serve broken by 20th seed pablo carreno. Djokovic rushed over to the line judge to check if she was okay. Djokovic was 5.