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GAUFF 'FUELLED' BY UMPIRE ROW TO ADVANCE IN DUBAI

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 Coco Gauff said a heated exchange with the chair umpire midway through her match with Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday had spurred her on to complete a 2-6 6-4 6-3 victory and reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

The U.S. Open champion lost the first set but was leading 4-2 in the second when her first serve at deuce, which Pliskova returned into the net, was called out.

The American challenged the call and her review was successful but instead of awarding Gauff the point French chair umpire Pierre Bacchi told the 19-year-old to replay it.

That sparked a lengthy back-and-forth between the pair, with Guaff's repeated requests to speak to a supervisor denied by the umpire.

ALLNHAIL ALCARAZ AS HE ENDS DJOKOVIC'S LONG WIMBLEDON REIGN IN THRILLER

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Carlos Alcaraz heralded the changing of the guard in men's tennis as he ended Novak Djokovic's long reign at Wimbledon with a rip-roaring 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 victory to win the All England Club title for the first time on Sunday.

The 36-year-old Serbian had been indestructible on Wimbledon's Centre Court for a decade but finally met his match as he ran out of ideas to stop young gun Alcaraz from hurtling towards the title.

After the 20-year-old had broken for a 2-1 lead in the fifth set with a stupendous passing shot winner, Djokovic's racket felt the full force of his anger as he smashed it against the wooden net post to leave it in a mangled mess.

That earned Djokovic a second warning in the contest, with the world number two having also been cautioned earlier for taking too much time to launch into his serves.

All that distraction failed to throw Alcaraz off course as he became the youngest man since 18-year-old Boris Becker in 1986 to win the Challenge Cup after Djokovic scooped a forehand into the net, leaving the Spaniard to collapse on to his back in his moment of triumph.

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CHICAGO CUBS: UMPIRE AMSUKUMA JAVIER BAEZ

Katika hali ya kawaida umpire (refa wa baseball) huwa hasukumi mchezaji lakini katika tukio hili infielder wa Chicago Cubs, Javier Baez, alimsukumwa na umpire alivyofika tu kwenye plate na wakati anamsaidia mchezaji mwenzake...Kisa Baez alimziba umpire na ikabidi asukumwe ili umpire alone vizuri...Bofya hapa upate habari zaidi.