Masur breaks glass
NZPA-Reuter Lima, Peru Australia’s Wally Masur smashed a plate-glass table top after he was taunted by spectators in a Davis Cup tennis tie against Peru but the organisers said yesterday they would overlook the incident. Masur stormed off the court after beating Pablo Arraya 6-4, 64, 4-6, 6-2 to give Australia a 3-2 victory in a world group promotion/relegation play-off on Tuesday. Some of the 3000 spectators at Lima’s Jockey Club had shouted “Good one, Wally!” every time he missed a point. They had also thrown coins on to his side of the court and twice interrupted his service with catcalls, drawing threats from the Ecuadorean umpire, Fabricio Valdivieso, to start awarding points in Masur’s favour. The Australian bowed mockingly to the crowd after his win and strode to a small table next to the court, whacking it with his racket and breaking a sheet of glass which covered it.
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Press, 27 July 1989, Page 44
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