{"id":140893,"date":"2025-05-29T08:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140893\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:07:17","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-falls-on-line-judge-after-colliding-with-french-open-advert-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140893\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz falls on line judge after colliding with French Open advert board"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz almost took out a line judge when trying to play a shot during his second round win at the French Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world No. 1 beat Fabian Marozsan 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 to charge into the third round.<\/p>\n

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Alcaraz collided with the line judge after leaping for a shot against MarozsanCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

In the second set, Marozsan broke Alcaraz in an early twist. <\/p>\n

During the set Marozsan smashed a ball down, sending it high and Alcaraz was forced to leap up at the back of the court to return.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard then come crashing down on top of a line judge positioned at the back of the court. <\/p>\n

The 20 year-old quickly checked to see if the official was okay, bringing smiles all round on Court Philippe Chatrier.<\/p>\n

Line judges are a becoming a rarity in tennis.<\/p>\n

Electronic line calling is seen as the future of the sport, with the French Open the last major tournament left to adopt the technology.<\/p>\n

The Australian Open brought in the technology in 2021, and the US Open followed in 2022.<\/p>\n

This summer, Wimbledon will also adopt the electronic line calling. <\/p>\n

However, Roland Garros has pushed back.<\/p>\n

Gilles Moretton, the president of the FFT, says the French Open will maintain human line judges for as long as possible. <\/p>\n

“I think we are right to keep our referees and line judges at Roland Garros,” said Morreton.<\/p>\n

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This was a particularly hairy moment in an otherwise comfortable match for AlcarazCredit: Getty\"Marozsan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marozsan is currently Hungary’s No.1 playerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“For Roland Garros, we want to keep our linesmen as long as the players agree with that.”<\/p>\n

After losing the second set, Alcaraz quickly took back control in Paris to win in four sets. <\/p>\n

Speaking on court after the win, Alcaraz said: “It was a great match. I started playing well. In the first set, I had really high confidence.<\/p>\n

“In the second set, he started to play much better and he was really aggressive. <\/p>\n

“He didn’t miss at all so it was a little difficult to deal with his game in the second set, but I’m really happy I stayed strong and refreshed myself. <\/p>\n

“In the third set, I started to play better and better which helped me have a really good last two sets.”<\/p>\n

The Spaniard’s title defence continues with his ninth win in a row at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

The four-time Grand Slam Champion will face either French Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard or Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur. <\/p>\n

In the build up to defending his French Open title Alcaraz won titles in Monte Carlo and Rome.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old is aiming to become the first man since Rafael Nadal in 2020 to retain the Roland Garros title.<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old is through to the third roundCredit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz almost took out a line judge when trying to play a shot during his second round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[6359,15773,5066,15172,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-140893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","9":"tag-fabian-marozsan","10":"tag-french-open","11":"tag-roland-garros","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114590098744033021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}