The Australian Open had an unusual controversy this morning when a player losing his shoe during a point resulted in the umpire over-ruling herself. With Dolgopolov rushing to get on the end of Ebden’s drop shot in the second set, his shoe came off in the process. Ebden returned the shot but the umpire called for the shot to be re-played. Friemel agreed that the umpire overruling herself was the correct call as Dolgopolov’s shoe falling off meant he obstructed play, and should lose the point. In the end, Dolgopolov put the whole affair behind him and won the tie in straight sets - 7-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Source: Evening echo January 17, 2018 19:41 UTC