Kicked out of the Saudi formation Al Okhdood Club due to poor results, football coach Marius Ninel Șumudică (55 years old) changed the discipline. The technician went to tennis and performed at the Țiriac Open, an ATP 250 tournament with total prizes of 612,620 euros and hosted by the “Simona Halep” National Tennis Center in Bucharest. At the arena, Şumi disturbed the Bosnian player Damir Dzumhur with his comments.
Damir Dzumhur (33 years old, 74 ATP), had a match today with the Portuguese Nuno Borges (29 years old, 48 ATP), the fourth favorite, whom he defeated in two sets, 7-6 (1), 6-4. The day before, Dzumhur eliminated Filip Jianu (24 years old, 246 ATP), score 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
After the match with Borges, at the press conference, Dzumhur accused the spectators of not knowing the rules of tennis and of disturbing him with their behavior.
“I had some problems with some people in the stands. I just don’t know the rules of tennis. That’s it. Yes, between services. They were obviously speaking on purpose. I mean, not that they do it on purpose for me, but because they want the other player to win.
And of course, that’s your right. That’s your decision. Some encourage you, some don’t. And I’m not getting into it, but it has to be done the right way. It’s a little different from football, from basketball, where you can scream even during the game; in tennis, between serves, you can’t shout and talk to the player or cough, so I think it’s a bit disrespectful to the player.
Like I said, this is our job, this is what we do all our lives, we are dedicated to our job and we try to do it as well as we can and I think someone who came and tried to spoil it in some way is not nice”, said Damir Dzumhur.
Among those who caused a scandal was Marius Șumudica, present at the match and who appeared as a fan of the Lusitanian Borges. A former player in Portugal, at Maritimo Funchal, “Șumi” is also an inveterate gambler, having been punished by the FRF in the past. His favorite line is, when identifying a match whose outcome seems to him to be easy to guess: “Money on foot“!
