Mikal Ymer Destroyed Umpire's Chair, Gets Disqualified from Lyon Open
Mikal Ymer is a 24-year old Swedish tennis player. Yesterday during the Round of 16 at the Lyon Open, he thought a ball should have been called out on a point he lost to opponent Arthur Fils. Ymer protested the call and asked the chair umpire to show him where the ball had hit the line on the clay court. The umpire refused and Ymer went out and dropped the game.
As he returned to his seat between games, he stopped to take out his frustration with the situation by smashing his racket against the umpire's chair.
🇫🇷 🇸🇪 | Francia | Tenis | ATP Open de Lyon | Esto ha pasado | El Tenista 'moreno' Mikael Ymer revienta la raqueta contra la silla del árbitro pic.twitter.com/BL4Red5q8K
— ☨ ⚜ Espíritu Templario News ⚜ ✠ (@NonNobis10) May 25, 2023
He’s lost he plot here 😡
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) May 25, 2023
Watch Mikael Ymer smash the umpire chair, his racket, and get disqualified at Lyon Open
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Ymer was disqualified. Following that result, he slid to No. 53 in the world, but at least he made an impression.
