Watch astonishing moment Frances Tiafoe yells ‘F*** YOU’ five times at umpire as he walks off court after loss

FRANCES TIAFOE repeatedly swore astatine the umpire aft a arguable telephone led to him losing a decisive tiebreak.

The American was defeated by Roman Safiullin 5-7 7-5 7-6 successful the 2nd circular of the Shanghai Masters today.

With the people 5-5 successful the last acceptable breaker, Tiafoe was deed with a clip usurpation for taking excessively agelong earlier serving.

Umpire Jimmy Pinoargote slapped him with a "loss of serve", meaning helium lone had a 1 service for the important point.

Tiafoe raged erstwhile the determination was announced, confronting the authoritative to protestation his innocence acknowledgment to a little-known rule.

The satellite No17 claimed due to the fact that helium had thrown the shot up to service but decided not to deed it, the changeable timepiece should person been stopped.

He fumed: "I tossed the ball. Dude, that is the rule. If the shot goes up however americium I not acceptable to serve?"

Yet Pinoargote appeared to suggest Tiafoe's propulsion was not genuine and was to exploit a loophole successful the rules, arguing back: "I'm not buying it, it is simply a 2nd service now."

The US Open semi-finalist went connected to suffer the adjacent 2 points and truthful the match.

At the extremity of the game, Tiafoe swore 8 times astatine the umpire.

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He shouted: ""F*** you man. F*** you. Seriously man. You f***ed maine the f***ing match.

"Three f***ing hours and you’re going to bash that. Why? You f***ed the lucifer up. Great f***ing job. F***."

Sky Sports commentator Jonathan Overend apologised for the atrocious connection arsenic his workfellow Colin Fleming added: "My goodness. He's wholly mislaid the crippled there, that is going to beryllium a sizeable good coming his way.

"You mightiness consciousness aggrieved with thing that’s happened but you can’t talk to anyone similar that.

"It wasn’t a morganatic throw-up though, was it? He tried to bargain himself immoderate time. He has enforced the rules."

Safiullin faces fable Novak Djokovic successful the adjacent round.

It is the 2nd arguable incidental involving an umpire successful Shanghai aft Carlos Bernardes miscounted the score successful a antithetic lucifer with the players not realising.