Article by David Istrate – published Monday, May 26, 2025 20:15 / Updated Monday, May 26, 2025 21:00
In the first round of Roland Garros, Miomir Kecmanovic (25 years, 46 ATP) returned from 0-2 to sets and imposed 3-2 (6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2) in front of Sebastian Baez (24 years, 38 ATP). The Serb had a conflict with the main referee and, at the end of the game, did not take his hand.
The first match on land 4 from Roland Garros had an incredible development and stretched over 3 hours and 54 minutes. Sebastian Baez has awarded his first two sets of confrontation with Miomir Kecmanovic in Tiebreak, but the 25-year-old tennis had the strength to return and awarded three sets in a row.
After a clinic with the referee, Miomir Kecmanovic refused to shake his hand
In the decisive set, Kecmanovic had a clinic with the main referee, after an action that the two did not agree with a ball of Baez. The Serb said it was auto, while the referee considered the blow in the field. Viktor Troicki, Kecmanovic's coach, “parliamentated” with the game official.
According to Sportal.rs, after the victory obtained at Roland Garros, score 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, Kecmanovic did not shake hands with the referee. The world number 46 passed by his chair and greeted his opponent, then discussed with some people from the first place.
“Then I really got angry, pushed me from the back and gave me the additional motivation to give the best. I showed him my perspective. I understand you make a mistake, but you can't convince me that you are so sure – when you are not. I got his apologies and that was”, Said Kecmanovic, quoted by Nova.rs.
“I didn't even know that there was no electronic arbitration here, I thought that in 2025 it was everywhere. I was surprised when I saw that they were there. I would rather trust a machine than a man. Okay, but I think the machine would be rarer,” he added.
In the second round, Miomir Kecmanovic will meet him on French Quentin Hans (28 years old, 52 ATP)which in the previous round took advantage of the abandonment of Czech Tomas Machac (24 years, 22 ATP).
