This year 2020 we seen Novak Djokovic who was defaulted from his fourth round in US open against spain's Pablo carreno Busta. After having dropped surf to trail 5-6 the sub swatted the ball reasonably hard to the back of the court. But inadvertently striking the line judge who screamed out in pain as she fell to the ground. The tournament referee came out and even after djokovic's apologies. Novak was disqualified from the tournament. For a non-contact sport like tennis we usually don't expect such a thing to happen but there are several such incidents even though rare where a player out of anger or frustration. They does something which eventually leads to his or her disqualification. Now let's check out the nine other times this occurred.
Number nine nick kyrgios 2019 italian open kyrgyz was disqualified from his second round match against norway's casper root at the photo italico after the volatile Australian. First threw his bat to the ground out of anger and then hurled a chair onto the court.
Number Eight 2017 davis cup Shapovalov was defaulted from a davis cup tie against britain's Kyle Edmund after the canadian inadvertently struck a ball into the empire's face.
Number seven David Nalbandian queen's club championships 2012.
Nalbandian was disqualified from the final after injuring a line judge
by kicking an advertising board into his shin.
At sixth place we have Serena Williams. In US open 2009 Williams was defaulted on the final point of a US open semi-final against Belgian kim clysters following an argument with a line judge who reported the american for verbal abuse.
At number five we have Stefan kubeck open day marcel 2007. Kuebec was disqualified from his opening round match against Sebastian Grosjean in mets.
After using abusive language to the tournament supervisor while disputing a call.
Number four Anastasia Rodeo Nova cincinnati opened 2007. Rodeo Nova was defaulted from her opening round match against german Angelique Kerber after the russian-born australian hit the ball at fans cheering for her opponent.
Number three Karsten Aryan's french open 1995. German qualifier Aryans was disqualified from the paris grand slam during his opening round match against Brett Stephen of New Zealand. After hitting a line charge with his racket.
Number two Tim Henman and Jeremy Bates - Wimbledon 1995. The british double spare of Jeremy Bates and tim Henman became the first players to be disqualified from Wimbledon in the professional era after Henman accidentally fired a ball into the head of a ball girl.
At number one we have John Mckendree - Australian open 1990. Who else but him the angry man of tennis this american was disqualified from his fourth round match against Mikhail Pernforce in australian open after being handed three code violations as he constantly abused or threw a fit against the umpires.
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