Australian pairing Arina Rodionova and Priscilla Hon have been left furious after a shocking piece of sportsmanship during their doubles match at the Hungarian Open.
After splitting the opening two sets, Rodionova and Hon's round of 16 match against Spaniard Georgina Garcia Perez and Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic went into a third set super tiebreak in Budapest.
Down 1-0 in the match tiebreak, Hon hit a powerful backhand which bounced off Voracova's racquet into her head.
The obvious header was missed by the officials and the ball bounced on Rodionova and Hon's side of the net.
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The Aussie pair were incredulous when the chair umpire awarded Garcia Perez and Voracova the point.
Watch the poor act of sportsmanship ship in the video below.
So here it is the poor sportmanship from Garcia-Perez/Voracova. The ball clearly hit her head but they acted like it didn't, they even laughed and made fun. Well done 👏 @arinarodionova pic.twitter.com/ACYFgHelmv
— LorenaPopa🕵️♀️ 🏆🥖👑 (@popalorena) February 19, 2019
In the rules of tennis, a player loses the point if a ball in play "touches the player or anything the player is wearing or carrying (excluding the racquet)."
Code 19 of the tennis rules states a player should concede the point if he or she touches the ball with anything but the racquet.
Rodionova and Hon remonstrated with the chair umpire, and even implored Voracova to admit the ball had hit her head.
Instead of conceding the point, Voracova and Garcia Perez ignored the controversy on the other side of the net - even when someone in the crowd can be heard saying that the ball hit her head.
Garcia Perez and Voracova went on to win the tiebreak and take the match 6-3 4-6 10-3.
Rodionova vented her frustrations on Instagram, calling out Voracova's poor form.
"The girl with the great headshot skills is Renata Voracova," the 29-year-old wrote.
"If you think that she admitted that she literally scored a goal with her head you are very wrong.
"She turned around and was laughing with her partner Georgina Garcia Perez about the whole thing.
"I hope she goes to bed tonight feeling good about herself and today's 'fair' win."
Hon also let her feelings be known on Instagram, posting a video and a comment to her story.
Hon and Rodionova had plenty of support across social media.
Renata Voracova and Georgina Garcia Perez are officially shitlisted. How can two tennis players behave like that? Was the umpire blind? Just embarassing. I hope they don't win a match for the rest of their careers. That would be DESERVED. https://t.co/1IyVhCUSEU
— Andrea Not Petkovic (@notpetko) February 19, 2019
Huracan Giorgi and Renata Voracova are two big cheats!
— Raya#2 (@potapovian) February 19, 2019
Wow that’s so unsporting. I get sometimes players don’t spot a double bounce etc but that’s so clear. She should be embarrassed.
— Crystal DeCanter (@DevoidaTaste) February 19, 2019
That’s bad she didn’t call that on herself. Cheating is so bad
— Under Review Tennis Podcast (@URwithCS) February 19, 2019
I wondered why there was no handshake... 💀 crazy how 1) the umpire did not see it and 2) why Renata did not admit to it.. very unsportsmanlike
— J☮️ (@QueenJKonta) February 19, 2019