Garin still affected by his incident with Bergs: "He was totally out of control".

Le 07/02/2025 à 23h33 par Jules Hypolite

Cristian Garin and Zizou Bergs made headlines in the 1st round of the Davis Cup last weekend after colliding during a side change.

Garin, who was hit in the face by Bergs, spoke to Radio Pauta about the incident and how he felt at the time:

"I think we deserve something, I don't know what exactly, but it's crazy that the ITF didn't ask how I was doing.

He (Bergs) was totally out of control, and in that collision, he hit me in the eye after three hours of play. Getting hit in the face like that... The gesture seemed malicious because it was totally avoidable.

I was really angry. I didn't understand how it had happened, that he'd come up and hit me, it was very strange. [...]

I wonder what would have happened if Bergs had bumped into the chair umpire? Why does it have to be different? There are so many things that don't make sense.

I had a red mark over my eye, I wasn't bleeding, but I couldn't play at 100%."

Bergs, Zizou

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Garin, Cristian

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Cristian Garin

132e, 452 points

Zizou Bergs

62e, 932 points

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Yet another bad officating call in professional tennis. Doesn't matter if it was an accident or not. Djokovic was defaulted for accidentally hitting a linesperson with a ball. So many bad calls in tennis and when they have a chance to make it right just double down on the initial decision.

What a weird loser... it was completely an accident and he is whining like he pulled out a gun and shot him in the groin.

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