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‘Outrageous': Australian tennis player loses match after umpire confuses the score
11 days ago | By RT
Australian tennis player Astra Sharma has fallen victim to a serious umpiring blunder after the match official confused the score, making an error which led to the player's loss.
The bizarre episode took place at the WTA's Copa Colsanitas event in Colombia on Tuesday during the first-round encounter between Sharma and Italy's Giulia Gatto-Monticone.
When the match was tied at 1-1 in the third set, the official made a drastic error that deprived the Australian of a chance to break her opponent.
Disastrous umpiring as astrasharma isn't given the break of serve she deserved. Umpire calls...
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