Cameron Norrie is apologizing after a wildly controversial spectacle in Auckland

Cameron Norrie has apologized after throwing a racquet and by accident hitting a spectator throughout his loss to Facundo Diaz Acosta on the Auckland Basic.

British second-seeded Norrie acquired a warning however prevented a disqualification within the incident, which occurred when he was 6-2 5-3 down.

After the previous world quantity eight hit the online to present Diaz Acosta match level, a annoyed Norrie threw the racquet behind him and into the gang.

The chair umpire checked that the girl was not injured earlier than giving Norrie a warning for unsporting behaviour.

“I did not imply to do this and it is not me to do one thing like that,” mentioned Norrie, who grew up in Auckland.

“I apologized in a short time. I need to apologize generally. I’m not pleased with the best way I behaved.”

Diaz Acosta went on to safe a 6-2 6-3 victory three factors later.

“[The spectator] he was laughing and I simply mentioned ‘sorry, I did not imply to do this’. And he mentioned ‘sure, I am completely advantageous’. It wasn’t a giant deal,” mentioned Norrie.

“However as we have seen with different gamers, you may be simply carried out if you happen to catch them within the mistaken place or they don’t seem to be wanting or one thing.”

Novak Djokovic was eradicated from the fourth spherical of the 2020 US Open after by accident hitting the ball on the referee.

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was fouled for hitting the referee with the ball through the 2017 Davis Cup match in opposition to Nice Britain, and in 2012 David Nalbandian was despatched off at Queen’s after injuring a linesman by kicking a billboard in his butt.