The Worst Call in This Year's US Open
Safin gets called for a center line foot fault by the line judge on the other side of the net. What was so embarrasing about the call that the line judge called the foot fault before Safin even hit the ball, and by then Safin had moved his back foot to miles away from the line. He was nowhere near foot-fault territory. Even McEnroe was getting hot under the collar and he was in the commentator's booth. Forget about Safin. He went ballistic. Supposedly, the rules say that if any part of your body is past the center hatch mark when you begin your service motion, that's a foot-fault. News to me. Safin loses the point, which gives Vince Spadea a set point--which Safin ends up losing to make it 2 sets all. Worst call I've seen in a long time. Ultimately Safin won in five though.