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I happened to catch the last 3 points of Jones' win. At 5-3 in the tie break, Zhou came into the net and volleyed wide for 6-3. I didn't notice at the time, but his racket was then on the court, following the conclusion of the point. The umpire then awarded a penalty point for Zhou throwing his racket in anger. It then got a bit spicy between Zhou and the umpire, as he tried to claim he dropped it as a result of a continuous motion of the shot. Regardless, the umpire stuck with her decision and awarded Jones the match. After Zhou eventually gave up his protest and shook Jones' hand, he then cracked his racket off the umpires chair as he walked past her, not shaking her hand. Understandably, emotions get high at times during big points, but his behaviour toward the umpire was very poor. The mic on the umpire's chair also caught a very sour comment along the lines of "the best umpire ever", either from Zhou or his coach who had just joined him. Such a shame for a match to finish like that, especially for Ben who just had to stand there and wait for it to all come to a conclusion. Either way, a great result for him and then for Ollie almost immediately after!

-- Edited by Mburnett1 on Monday 8th of June 2026 01:05:29 PM

Incredibly, Charlie hung in after losing the first set & is the first to qualify:

FQR:  (q9) Charles Broom WR 279 defeated (ALT/q3) Daniel Evans WR 217 by 6-2 7-6(7) 6-3    

 

Mburnett1 wrote:

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I happened to catch the last 3 points of Jones' win. At 5-3 in the tie break, Zhou came into the net and volleyed wide for 6-3. I didn't notice at the time, but his racket was then on the court, following the conclusion of the point. The umpire then awarded a penalty point for Zhou throwing his racket in anger. It then got a bit spicy between Zhou and the umpire, as he tried to claim he dropped it as a result of a continuous motion of the shot. Regardless, the umpire stuck with her decision and awarded Jones the match. After Zhou eventually gave up his protest and shook Jones' hand, he then cracked his racket off the umpires chair as he walked past her, not shaking her hand. Understandably, emotions get high at times during big points, but his behaviour toward the umpire was very poor. The mic on the umpire's chair also caught a very sour comment along the lines of "the best umpire ever", either from Zhou or his coach who had just joined him. Such a shame for a match to finish like that, especially for Ben who just had to stand there and wait for it to all come to a conclusion. Either way, a great result for him and then for Ollie almost immediately after!

-- Edited by Mburnett1 on Monday 8th of June 2026 01:05:29 PM

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 Tx

I do know that umpires are particularly fussy /careful about grass courts - and they're quite right - it's not a hard court - you take a chunk out of it and it can't be fixed easily - and it's really dangerous 

So good on her

What a cracker !!!!!!!!

Paul Jubb broke at 5-5 in the 3rd to serve for it - and served a real horror of a game

Went to a TB

Paul was 2-4 down

And 3-5 down, I think

And then just cranked it up - and won !!!

He was SO thrilled

Stircrazy wrote:

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Incredibly, Charlie hung in after losing the first set & is the first to qualify:

FQR:  (q9) Charles Broom WR 279 defeated (ALT/q3) Daniel Evans WR 217 by 6-2 7-6(7) 6-3    

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FQR:  (q12) Paul Jubb WR 325 defeated (ALT/q1) Mark Lajal (EST) WR 154 by 6-7(7) 6-2 7-6(5)  

OLIVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stircrazy wrote:

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          FQR:  (q9) Charles Broom WR 279 defeated (ALT/q3) Daniel Evans WR 217 by 6-2 7-6(7) 6-3

          FQR:  (q12) Paul Jubb WR 325 defeated (ALT/q1) Mark Lajal (EST) WR 154 by 6-7(7) 6-2 7-6(5)

          FQR:  Oliver Okonkwo WR 1100 defeated (ALT) Ben Jones WR 741 by 4-6 6-3 6-4    

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FQR:  (q11) Hamish Stewart WR 310 defeated (q6) Oliver Crawford WR 228 by 1 & 4