Athens Match Turns Chaotic After Umpire’s Major Blunder Leaves Everyone Stunned The 2025 Athens Open sees a surprising turn of events in the opening round when the chair umpire makes an unexpected cal

Tennis is intense by nature, but drama always lurks around. Sometimes it’s between players. Sometimes it comes from a call by the umpire. Remember the US Open moment when Daniil Medvedev argued with chair umpire Greg Allensworth after he gave Benjamin Bonzi his first serve again because a cameraman interrupted? That debate halted the match for more than 10 minutes. While that was one headline moment, Athens saw another on Monday during Kamil Majchrzak ’s clash with Miomir Kecmanovic .

The umpire in that match managed to make heads turn, too; when the Serbian was leading in the first set when the blunder took place. As journalist Jose Morgado reported on X, serving at 30-40, Kecmanovic ripped a backhand wide by nearly half a meter, yet the umpire called “ deuce .” Though everybody wa