Tennis followers around the globe witnessed a weird incident on Wednesday after Sweden’s Mikael Ymer smashed his racket his racket on the umpire’s chair following an argument over a line name. The incident came about throughout the Lyon Open match between Ymer and France’s Arthur Fils. Resulting which, Ymer acquired disqualified from the final 16 of the ATP 250 occasion. The 53rd ranked participant argued with the umpire, saying that he didn’t stand up to examine whether or not the ball bounced inside the road, which triggered the Swede a degree. The umpire had said that he noticed the ball bouncing inside the road.

“Why are you not checking the mark? Are you telling me you are not even going to come back down and examine the mark? I’ve by no means witnessed {that a} ref says, ‘I’m not going to go down and examine the mark.’ It would not occur,” said Ymer.

This is disgraceful behaviour from Mikael Ymer, who is rightly disqualified from the match in Lyon.

Can expect a hefty fine and (by precedent of Zverev) a suspended ban.pic.twitter.com/r1Tp87IlNA

— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) May 24, 2023

After the brief argument, Ymer continued the game but as the opening set went in the favour of Fils 6-5, the Swede lost his cool and broke his racket on the umpire’s chair and threw the handle on the court.

The entire matter was discussed among the umpires and the officials, and a decision was taken that Ymer has been disqualified from the Lyon Open. Due to this result, Fils entered the quarter-finals of the tournament and will be going up against Felix Auger-Aliassime.