‘What a lousy way to end it’ – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina crashes out of Wimbledon after smashing ball out of stadium

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina made a shocking exit from Wimbledon on Wednesday night after he copped a point penalty at a crucial moment during his match against Jiri Vesely. The surprising incident took place during the fifth-set match tie-break between the pair on Court 17. Ad/> Davidovich Fokina had hit a forehand into the net, which gave his opponent a 9-7 lead in the first-to-10 tie-breaker.

ATP Monte CarloTsitsipas downs Davidovich to seal back-to-back Monte Carlo titles17/04/2022 AT 12:15 This irritated the world No. 37 to the point where he smashed a ball out of the stadium in frustration after one of the ball kids had thrown it to him. The chair umpire, Carlos Ramos, was not pleased with this behaviour and gave Davidovich Fokina a code violation for ball abuse.

It was the Spaniard’s second violation in the match, which meant that he received a point penalty as well. This, of course, costed Davidovich Fokina the match. The point penalty made it 10-7 to Vesely which handed the Czech player the victory and ended the second round contest.

/> “That’s crazy… what a lousy way to end it,” said John McEnroe, the former World No.1 who won seven Grand Slam singles titles, including three at Wimbledon and nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles with five being at, on commentary for ESPN. 'It's a joke' — Raducanu hits back at 'pressure' claim after Wimbledon loss Murray reveals ranking ambition after 'frustrating' Isner defeat 'Not right' — Kyrgios spitting towards fan in shock Wimbledon incident baffles Schett The earlier code violation in the match that Davidovich Fokina, who had eliminated No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz in another fifth-set tie-breaker in the first round on Monday, received was for an audible obscenity.