Jenson Brooksby came under fire when he accidentally hit a ball boy with his racket during his Miami Open first-round victory over Federico Coria. The Argentine called for his opponent to be defaulted after recent similar incidents involving Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev, but he only received a point penalty and went on to win.
Brooksby has been enjoying a breakthrough last few months, going from world No 231 to No 39 in the space of the year. He took on Federico Coria in his Miami Open debut and came from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 6-3. But the focus has been on an outburst from the young American that came midway through the final set.
Up a double break in the decisive third set, Coria was able to set up a break point on the 21-year-old's serve which prompted Brooksby to throw his racket down in frustration but it bounced up and hit a ballboy who was standing by the scoreboard at the back of the court. He was handed a point pentalty, gifting Coria the game, but the 30-year-old expected a more severe punishment for the incident.
He continued to push chair umpire Carlos Bernardes to explain why Brooksby hadn't been defaulted, with the American having already thrown his racket earlier in the match, which landed on the other side of the court. But Bernardes had applied the rules of a second warning to the world No 39, which was a point penalty, and told Coria to ask the ballboy for his thoughts.
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Brooksby went on to win the match in three sets, holding onto the single break he still had in the final set, as Coria again questioned Bernardes over the lack of a default at the conclusion of the match. It comes after Alexander Zverev received a
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