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'If it was Djokovic, umpire would probably fall on the ground' - Fans react as chair umpire forgives Tommy Paul for sccidentally hitting him in Cincinnati Open

Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the tournament after a discussion with the officials when he accidentally happened to hit the umpire.

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An accident during the rival clash between Tommy Paul and World number one Carlos Alcaraz attracted the headlines. It all happened when the home favourite star Tommy Paul accidentally hit the chair umpire during a serve in the match. Although he immediately apologized to the umpire for this mishap.

Subsequently, the umpire accepted Paul’s apology and said, "It’s okay, it’s an accident," which was heard in the video. The same video of this incident is also making rounds on social media; it also reminded the fans of the former world number 1 and Serb tennis legend Novak Djokovic, who was disqualified after such an incident when he hit the umpire unintentionally.

Here's the video:

Speaking of the action of the match between Alcaraz and Paul, the former completed his revenge mission against the USA star. Earlier, the 26-year-old defeated the Wimbledon 2023 champion in the Toronto quarter-finals. Completing his revenge mission, Spaniard outclassed his rival in a six-hour-long clash by 7-6(6), 6-7(0), 6-3 in a nail-biting finish.

Alcaraz also spoke about his victory after the conclusion of the match and explained how he prepared himself for this clash.

"It was a really tough match. We were playing a really close match before the rain came. But I think I did pretty well the wait in the gym, warming up," said the 20-year-old.

"I told everyone that I really wanted since I lost in Toronto. I came here in Cincinnati and I'm really happy with the level. I think I'm getting better and better. I'm really happy to be in the quarter-finals here,” he added.

Coming back to the incident of Tommy Paul hitting the chair umpire, it attracted contrasting reactions on social media. The fans also remembered Novak Djokovic, and some of them felt that the standards of treatment would have been very different if the same mistake was from the Serb star.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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