Lhe eighth day of competition at Roland Garros was marked by an unusual event in a tournament. In the round of 16 match between Hubert Hurkacz and Grigor Dimitrov, The first asked his rival about the possibility of changing the chair umpire, Alison Hughes, considering that she was not acting correctly.
“Grigor, do you want to change her or continue with this woman?“, he questioned him. The score was two sets to zero for Dimitrov and 6-5 to tie it at six games. Hurkacz had gotten upset with Hughes over a ball and had since then requested the presence of the supervisor.
The match did not last much longer because Grigor would force the tie break and close a favorable score of 7-6(5), 6-4 and 7-6(3). The Bulgarian achieves his best result in the competition.
