US EditionBizarre scenes unfold as Ugo Humbert checks his phone middle of deciding tie breaker and loses the match
- Ugo Humbert was leading 4-3 in the tiebreak at the Open Occitanie when he halted the match to check his phone, ultimately conceding four points and the match to Adrian Mannarino, who claimed victory 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.
- The ATP is expected to investigate Humbert for checking his phone during the match, a move banned according to tournament rules, indicating he could face a fine.
- Humbert's action raised concerns about unsportsmanlike conduct from fans and bettors, and it led to speculation about potential match-fixing, although no evidence supports these claims.
- This incident has drawn attention due to the history of match-fixing scandals in tennis, although most cases typically involve lower-ranked players.
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Speculation runs rampant after tennis star Ugo Humbert stops match to check phone in wild scene
Ugo Humbert is in some hot water after bizarrely checking his phone during a pivotal moment of his tennis match with countryman Adrian Mannarino during Round 2 of the Open Occitanie.
Ugo Humbert lost to Adrian Mannarino in the final eighths of Montpellier's ATP 250 in a disputed match that lasted almost three hours and the final result was 6-7(4), 6-3 and 7-6(4). However, one of the highlights of the match and that has generated a great controversy was when Humbert stopped the match before he finished to get his mobile. Humbert was winning by 4-3 on the tie-break of the third set and with mini-break in his favor, when he sud…
An unusual situation in the second round of the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Montpellier. In an all-French match, 37-year-old Adrian Mannarino, ranked 70th in the ATP rankings, defeated Ugo Humbert (27), ranked 38th in the world, 6:7, 6:3, 7:6. But a close match with an unpredictable, even dramatic, ending is not the main theme of the match at all...
He won 4-3 and took out the decisive ‘tie-break’, stopped the game to check the phone and fit four points in a row that left him out of the Open Occitanie
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