[NashaMasha]

"Foot-faults. I don't know what to say, but it was a little bit outrageous," Karlovic said. "In my whole life, ever since I was eight years old, whole life I didn't do this many foot-fault. It was like 11. It was never called when it was like 30‑Love or 40‑Love. It was always when it was 30‑All or in a tiebreak. I mean, what is this? Is it Davis Cup or is it Wimbledon? After this match, the whole credibility of this tournament went down for me... But I don't do them, foot‑faults...

"Then like after I don't know how many, I stand a little bit back so they cannot call. They still did it, called. So it was outrageous, outrageous. It's Wimbledon, Centre Court, and they do this. I mean, this is BS. I feel cheated. On a Grand Slam, Centre Court...

"Right now I'm angry about it, little bit pissed, because I don't expect it here. Even though it is against English guy who they always want to win, but I don't expect it here."

Murray responded: "That's very tough to question the integrity of Wimbledon. I mean, it's got a lot of history, a lot of tradition. There's been hundreds of thousands of matches played here over the years. I've never heard that before. But I need to see the videos. If there was 11 foot-faults called against him and every one was incorrect, then that's completely wrong and unfair. But for it to happen that many times, you would think there would have been a number of fairly obvious foot-faults, because you don't really see them called that much nowadays. Very rare. If it turns out that he wasn't foot‑faulting, if I was him, I'd be very, very disappointed."

let's discuss not men's tennis but Wibledon officials , who are increadibly biased and rooting for British players. Frankly speaking what is happening at Wimbledon is a disgrace.

Let's not forget roof which is closed not for WTA players, let's not forget what matches are at central court (any British player vs any top 10 = CC) etc, now linesmen cheating in favour of Murray and if i am not mustaken for some british girls either

 

[ElusiveChanteuse]

Was it Shino?

 

[miffedmax]

Tennis officials are infallible and perfect.

 

[NashaMasha]

Tennis officials are infallible and perfect.

full credit to Murray, that even he didn't tell this and casted doubt on it

 

[fluffyelloballz]

I agree about the low quality of the official's work. In general it seems to me with all the errors they make, and at times it is quite shocking, and on important points, that they are not in keeping with the overall professionalism of the tour. This is a multi-million dollar business and these players are playing for huge prizes and cash sums beyond that such as endoresements, and these tournaments bring in huge revenues. Yet the people who are basically in charge and responsible for calling lines, foot faults, making decisions about the timing of challenges etc seem like they are club players who thought they would go and work at a tennis tournie for a giggle.
I wonder just how rigorous is their training and how they are assessed profesionally. I should investigate.
Also, I don't think it would be an unwise policy to bring in foreign officials when home players are on the court.

 

[NashaMasha]

I don't think it would be an unwise policy to bring in foreign officials when home players are on the court.

good point:yeah:

 

[scandic78]

let's discuss not men's tennis but Wibledon officials , who are increadibly biased and rooting for British players. Frankly speaking what is happening at Wimbledon is a disgrace.

Let's not forget roof which is closed not for WTA players, let's not forget what matches are at central court (any British player vs any top 10 = CC) etc, now linesmen cheating in favour of Murray and if i am not mustaken for some british girls either

In your opinion

 

[NashaMasha]

In your opinion

British biased official detected on TF :lol:

 

[n1ko0]

let's not forget what matches are at central court (any British player vs any top 10 = CC) etc, now linesmen cheating in favour of Murray and if i am not mustaken for some british girls either

Anne Keothavong got foot faulted yesterday. Baltacha VS Kvitova was scheduled for court 1 and ended up being played on court two. Next.

 

[NashaMasha]

Baltacha VS Kvitova was scheduled for court 1 and ended up being played on court two. Next.

but still scheduled for court 1 , as for where it eventually ended depends more on weather and other matches

 

[n1ko0]

but still scheduled , as for where it eventually ended depends more on weather and other matches

my point was that it was never scheduled for centre court though

 

[Jogi]

wow, they really want that useless Murray to win that title, don't they?!

 

[GBTG_Fan]

The media have already corrected Karlovic's claims, both on the fact he didn;t get anywhere near 11 foot faults, one 1 was in a tiebreak, and the majority he did get were on first serves.

Equally dreadful calls happen to all players on the outside courts, trust me, with some of the humdingers I've seen in person there is no favouritism.

And please, what WTA event doesn't schedule home players on the big courts (how many times have we watches Morrocans ranked 800 on centre court or court 1 in Fes)? Nothing wrong with putting GB players on TV courts, and the size of TV court usually depends on the ranking of both the british player and the opponent.

The majority of cases Brits play on the 3rd, 4th or 5th biggest courts, which is the same as the French, Australian and American players at the other Grand Slams.

 

[NashaMasha]

1 day CC Heather Watson (GBR) Iveta Benesova (CZE)
2 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Nikolay Davydenko (RU
2 day C1 Jamie Baker (GBR) Andy Roddick (USA)[30]
4 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
4 day C1 Mardy Fish (USA)[10] James Ward
5 day CC Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[3] Heather Watson (GBR)

+ Petra-Baltacha orginally scheduled for C1

 

[n1ko0]

1 day CC Heather Watson (GBR) Iveta Benesova (CZE)
2 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Nikolay Davydenko (RU
2 day C1 Jamie Baker (GBR) Andy Roddick (USA)[30]
4 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
4 day C1 Mardy Fish (USA)[10] James Ward
5 day CC Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[3] Heather Watson (GBR)

+ Petra-Baltacha orginally scheduled for C1

british players on british show courts at a british tournament. OH.MY.GOD what are they playing at!?

 

[NashaMasha]

british players on british show courts at a british tournament. OH.MY.GOD what are they playing at!?

so on British Olympics we will be watching 70% of time british sportsmen ? right?

and in sprint 7 sprinters will be DQ in the final for false start and the winner will be British ? right?

 

[n1ko0]

1 day CC Heather Watson (GBR) Iveta Benesova (CZE)
2 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Nikolay Davydenko (RU
2 day C1 Jamie Baker (GBR) Andy Roddick (USA)[30]
4 day CC Andy Murray (GBR)[4] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
4 day C1 Mardy Fish (USA)[10] James Ward
5 day CC Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[3] Heather Watson (GBR)

+ Petra-Baltacha orginally scheduled for C1

also all of these matches you listed had big names so of course they were going to be on the big show courts. (with the exception of benesova, however that match was a leftover which was never originally scheduled for centre, and was put there to fill the remaining time that day)

and as far as the olympics go, i have no idea, but yes i imagine the big british names will be on the showcourts again. get used to it. This happens at all the grand slams, not just wimbledon. I fail to see the point you are trying to make.

 

[stromatolite]

Has anyone checked footage of the points in question? Seems to me that the first question to be answered is whether the calls were correct or not, and so far I haven't seen a single shred of evidence one way or another on that, other than Karlovic's claims that he was cheated. If the calls, or most of them, were wrong there should be a full investigation and heads should roll, but if they were right then it's Karlovic who should be called to account for making these allegations.

 

[hobahobaspirit]

Very suspicious, a guy like Karlovic rarely footfaulted in his career. His serve is his biggest weapon, he would never allow himself to footfault that much.

 

[Mary Cherry.]

Very suspicious, a guy like Karlovic rarely footfaulted in his career. His serve is his biggest weapon, he would never allow himself to footfault that much.

It was always at key moments too, when it was 30-30 in close games or in the tiebreaks.

It's a little suspicious.