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Lucia Bronzetti got here throughout a video proving that she was proper in her claims and made it clear that she was disgusted with Taylor Townsend denying that the ball ever hit her racket in the important thing moments of their Miami Open match.
This week, 25-year-old Italian Bronzetti made her third Miami look. Within the Miami first spherical, world No. 49 Bronzetti clashed towards 72nd-ranked American Townsend, who beforehand received two qualifying matches to succeed in the principle draw.
With Townsend serving for the match within the tenth sport of the third set, the third level of the sport was performed when Bronzetti hit a lob. Simply because the Italian’s ball was about to land, it appeared to hit the American’s racket.
However the chair umpire did not see it – and whereas Bronzetti tried to attract consideration to what she believed occurred – Townsend denied that her racket made contact with the ball because it was about to land. The purpose was awarded to Townsend, who then went 40-0 in that sport earlier than successful the subsequent level to finish a 3-6 6-3 6-4 win.
Later, Bronzetti discovered a video that confirmed that Townsend did certainly make contact with the ball, which then modified course after the contact.
“I do not know which is worse… the chair umpire or the participant who denied it,” Bronzetti wrote on her Instagram Story.
Abbastanza vergognoso quanto accaduto nelle battute finali del match tra Lucia Bronzetti 🇮🇹 e Taylor Townsend 🇺🇸
La statunitense tocca in maniera evidente la pallina con la racchetta, ma fa finta di nulla. Neanche l’arbitro se ne accorge e le dà il punto.
📽 IG piccarifrancesco pic.twitter.com/vKYVhPJZq8
— Giovanni Pelazzo (@giovannipelazzo) March 20, 2024
How Bronzetti misplaced to Townsend?
Within the first set, Bronzetti saved an early break level within the third sport earlier than incomes the primary break of the match within the eighth sport for a 5-3 lead. Up by a break and with an opportunity to serve out for the primary set, the Italian did precisely that within the ninth sport.
After successful the primary set, Bronzetti additionally began the second set with an early break and a 2-0 lead. However then, Bronzetti’s degree immediately dropped as Townsend claimed back-to-back breaks to win 5 video games in a row and open a 5-2 lead earlier than serving out for a decider within the ninth sport.
Within the third set, Townsend collected the primary and lone break of the set within the fifth sport after which firmly held on to her serve for the rest of the set to finish a comeback win over Bronzetti.
In the long run, Townsend’s comeback win was shadowed by a second from late within the match, which prompted Bronzetti to name out the American on social media.