1 week ago
3
Erin Routliffe whitethorn beryllium the lone idiosyncratic unhappy that robots haven’t taken implicit the world.
The tennis pro from New Zealand and her partner, Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada, were competing successful the 3rd circular of women’s doubles astatine the Australian Open Sunday erstwhile Routliffe exploded into a little tirade aft she believed her opponent’s service skimmed the net.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
The contentious constituent came during a tiebreak successful the archetypal acceptable with Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil serving. The seat umpire did not telephone a let, and the constituent was awarded to Haddad Maia and her partner, Laura Siegemend.
But Routliffe argued the call.
"Oh my god, we person robots everywhere, but we don’t person 1 for the net? Oh my goodness," she said, contesting the umpire’s ruling.
Despite her protest, the telephone stood. But Routliffe and Dabrowski went connected to triumph the adjacent constituent and yet the match, advancing to a semifinal lucifer Thursday.
After a clip of Routliffe’s outburst went viral connected societal media, she admitted her behaviour mightiness person been "dramatic" but stood by her stance.
"I consciousness similar I person a constituent but besides wherefore truthful dramatic," she said successful a station connected X.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
English (US) ·