Sentences with phrase «chair umpire»

Wawrinka voiced his displeasure with the chair umpire, and when Nadal finally returned, the Australian crowd started booing him.

«I was just wondering if he [the chair umpire] saw the same mist in the air that I saw,» Roddick said to AP.

The tirade began from Bogomolov Jr's when he took off his shirt, shook his opponents hand and then told the chair umpire to «Go F*ck Yourself.»

Turns out that person was in the audience, because both the chair umpire or line judge called the shot in.

Matches on all other courts were put on hold, but Williams was in the middle of a major rally, and the chair umpire decided to let the match go on, despite the players» clear trepidation over the condition of the court.

He's funny without being childish, gets down on himself without expressing his temper as outwardly as you would expect a teenager to on the court (with the exception of an embarrassing and impulsive display earlier this year that left a chair umpire injured, which he publicly apologized for) and would be just as believable as a teenager whose family pushed him into male modeling, or a loafing next door neighbor who mows your lawn.

And although chair umpires are supposed to monitor the seconds, it has not been done uniformly, in part because there is not a readout available for players and spectators to see.

Not exact matches

Then early in the second set Emerson dashed in for a drop volley and slipped on the wet grass, skidded 15 feet, crashed into the umpire's chair and brought the microphone down on himself.

Another fellow, who had climbed up into one of the umpires» chairs, bellowed out: «Publicity.

And yet, as sincere as he was, when the matter is viewed dispassionately it is difficult to refute the claim of the cynic in the umpire's chair.

The breaking point seemed to come at 11 - 10, when Nadal appealed to the umpire's chair that he was being blinded by the sun setting over the sheen Wimbledon roof.

These analyse the signals from the antennas and feed the data to both a voice synthesiser — that announces when the ball is out — and a hand - held computer on the umpire's chair.

Little Miss Sunshine «s Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris were in the chair — director's, not umpire's — for Battle of the Sexes, and Slumdog Millionaire Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy scripted it.

For as long as I can remember, the fascination with an elevated aspect has drawn me to certain objects from diving boards to the umpire's chair.

Pritesh was formerly a Lawn Tennis Association qualified Tennis Chair and Line Umpire (Grade U3 / L4)