Frances Tiafoe launches expletive-filled rant at umpire after Shanghai Masters loss

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US Open semi-finalist Frances Tiafoe aimed a volley of swear words at the chair umpire after losing his third-round match at the Shanghai Masters.

Tiafoe targeted Jimmy Pinoargote in a minute-long tirade after his 7-5, 5-7, 6-7 defeat against unseeded Roman Safiullin. The American was angered after being docked his first serve for a time violation at 5-5 in the decisive tiebreaker.

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For the first time ever, I understood what he said without needing subtitles.

roter
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Love how the crowd just cracks up when he says it 😂

MikeyGunzz
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I’ve never seen Tiafoe speak with such cadence and urgency.

chaparral
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Then later apologies on social media saying that's not who I clearly it is.

petermartinaitis
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Umpire made the correct calls the entire match. Tiafoe was abusing the clock. He didnt even make an effort to hit a serve when he got called the 2nd time.

usptatexaspro
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Tiafoe has a frontrunner attitude problem. In the USA, he's so positive and happy because the locals love him, but he struggles to keep it together outside of the USA and has this mentality abroad that everyone is out to get him. I like him, but he's too old to be acting like this.

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For those who didn't know, Tiafoe was cursing at the umpire for having, in my opinion, fairly, given Tiafoe a time violation at a crucial point in the match. Tiafoe had just completed a long, exhausting rally. There is a rule that the server must serve within a certain amount of time following the conclusion of a point. Tiafoe did not want to respect this rule, as he was still out of breath from the point and did not want to put himself at a disadvantage by serving while still recovering from the previous point. However, there is no exception for this rule simply because a server doesn't feel ready to serve. They are bound by the clock no matter what. So Tiafoe half-heartedly put up a toss just before the clock expired, so as to make it seem as though he was respecting the rule, e.g. "I was serving! I tossed the ball up!" While the rule is that you need to merely start the process of serving (e.g., tossing the ball) rather actually executing the completed serve by the time the clock expires, the umpire could see he did not actually intend to serve and was merely trying to buy himself some time to catch his breath. It's not the umpire's fault that Tiafoe's lack of conditioning caught up with him at a crucial moment.

epasato
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Why don’t they actually show what caused the issue.

chuckfriebe
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Perfectly enunciated. I'm glad that they did not sterilize the recording

marklenox
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extremely aggressive!
he will probably
have a hefty fine to pay after cussing out the chair umpire.
showed poor judgment and totally lost his
self-control.
wonder how badly
he will get fined for that outburst

blanelltallur
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Biggest fine in ATP historically incoming

dermotdolan
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This shows how terrible this guy really is? Seriously cursing the umpire on air so loud? Show some respect for the little kids watching in the crowd. Absolutely pathetic behavior, ATP should fine him severely and probably teach him a lesson. Inexcusable behavior.

ssds
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I wonder if Tiafoe thinks the 24-second-clock in basketball should also be loosely interpreted by the refs? This is just dumb.

wildwoodlane
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Rumour has it that he will get a 60k fine

pauldavey
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This was one f**k too far. It 's also the first time I actually understood every single word he said 😂

Astraplans
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Anger. Poor impulse control. Lack of decorum. How... uncivilized.

arthurlevine
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Tiafoe should heavily fined for his outrageous behavior. He gives tennis a bad image.

danegunther
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Wish he didn’t do that, sponsors aren’t going to touch him now

MikeJones-oedo
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The Chinese crowd laughing at Tiafoe for being American 😂

themarimo
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Tiafoe is no longer on our list of players to watch. No idea he was such an immature child.
He should be fined and banned for the remainder of the season.

graphguy