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Tennis player gets caught using his phone during U.S. Open match

Tennis player gets caught using his phone during U.S. Open match

There are quite a few rules in professional tennis, and using your phone during a match is apparently in violation of a rule.During Sunday's U.S. Open fourth round match against Gael Monfils, Marcos Baghdatis earned himself a warning for using his phone during the second set.He tried to hide the phone with a towel, but he wasn't very discreet.
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Tennis Fed President on Rio 2016, U.S. Open Roof -- ATRadio

Tennis Fed President on Rio 2016, U.S. Open Roof -- ATRadio

(ATR) It's the final week of the U.S. Open in New York, the first tennis tournament since the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the last of the 2016 Grand Slams.Keeping his eye on all the action is Dave Haggerty, president of the International Tennis Federation.One year ago, Dave Haggerty was in charge of the U.S. Open as the chair of the host U.S. Tennis Association, but two weeks after the 2015 tournament he won election as president of the ITF.He says that gives him a much different role in this year's tournament.Haggerty spoke with Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula Sunday morning from New York where he is attending the U.S. Open.
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Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis caught texting during match at U.S. Open

Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis caught texting during match at U.S. Open

Like a schoolkid chastised by a teacher for texting in class, a player at the U.S. Open was caught using his cellphone during a changeover and was admonished by the chair umpire.Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open, got in trouble Sunday while losing his fourth-round match against 10th-seeded Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.Baghdatis explained to reporters that he was trying to send a message to his wife.
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