Bad Call Thwarts Woz in St. Petersburg

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Bad Call Thwarts Woz in St. Petersburg

Commentator: I think the umpire will be a bit embarrassed if he sees that afterwards.

Caroline Wozniacki: Sigh….

Caroline Wozniacki got the short end of the stick on this bad call in St. Petersburg today. A Dominika Cibulkova backhand return was ruled long after Wozniacki had returned the ball back in play. After Cibulkova correctly challenged, she was awarded the point.

It should have never happened.

Oh, but it did.

Wozniacki had already made a play on the ball, and whether or not she was in control of the point (not the case) or in big trouble (likely the case), it shouldn’t have mattered. Umpire Emmanuel Joseph should have ordered the point to be replayed, because the erroneous call stopped Cibulkova and Wozniacki from completing the point.

As far as Woziacki’s claim that the call came “before she hit the ball,” that is incorrect as well. The call came after Wozniacki played the shot. She played it half-speed because she seemed to believe it was floating long, and her nonchalance probably contributed to Joseph’s confusion on the ruling.

An ornery Wozniacki would rally after the call, leveling at 5-all in the set, but eventually dropped the final two games to fall to Cibulkova, 6-4, 7-5.

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