Tennis star storms off court in amazing tantrum after call from crowd

ByEurosport

Published 05/05/2015 at 14:34 GMT

It's rare that a professional tennis player whips off his shirt, shakes the umpire's hand and storms off the court over a dodgy line call, but that's exactly what happened last evening.

Alex Bogomolov Jr. was so incensed by a call from the crowd which lost him a crucial point in his match against Bradley Klahn at the Nielsen Tennis Pro Championship in Winnetka, Illinois that he strode off court in an incredible outburst.

Oh, and he did not forget to abuse the umpire, either, telling the official "Go f*** yourself" as he made his point before leaving a stunned audience in utter shock.

The commentators predict the strop from the volatile and temperamental 'A-Bog', shouting "Oh, wow!", "Oh, no!" and "Oh, really?!" but even they could not have foreseen what the American was about to do.

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It was, however, one of the more controlled and calculated walk-offs from the world number 81 as he had a brief but purposeful exchange with the umpire before confronting his bewildered opponent.

As the umpire so calmly put it after the player had disappeared, leaving the crowd shell-shocked, "Ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately Mr Bogomolov is not able to continue..."

It was one of the more remarkable things seen on a tennis court for a number of years.

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