@@ErikCB912 that's what Americans think. The fact they can watch nfl or nba with constant time-out, fouls , or the game stopping every 2-5 minutes for more than 4 hours is nothing compared to taking a toilet break or booing the legends of the sport. Especially tennis is a "gentleman" sport with sportsmanship. It's a typical American behavior to boo. Tennis is a extremely exhausting and stressful individual sport. They fly into your country to play a tournament which they continuously play the very next day. They always boo for the most smallest thing and it's not only disrespectful but disgusting. It's not a team game and they don't gloat , brag to other players like when nba players block or dunk a shot. Think tennis like a chess game atmosphere.Americans will think it's perfectly normal to boo and shout.
@@dennisvillaflor3359 better than pretending he is right and argue to defend his mistakes because of ego. The umpire have power and authority over the match and that could easily inflate the ego, so seeing someone humble is always a welcome sight.
@@cp_703 and he admit it and if you ever try to see if a isner serve is in or out you tell me how it went. At that speed i bet you wouldn't even see the ball
@ Monse - sorry I genuinely mean this - I did not know that he was a racist? I never really follow him but know of him on court. Or when he speaks he seems quite a nice, family guy! I will have a look and see if I can find anything about him being racist. Thanks for the heads up!
He was so sincerely apologetic and I like that! He’s honest and he’s real. I feel bad for him for the way the crowd treated him after that incorrect call. Isner was amazing with his response, very mature of him!
No surprise here John has always been a gentleman. Same can be said for Lahyani of course. The world be a much better place of we had more people like this.
How tf can a crowd boo him he’s one of the few umpires that actually acknowledge their mistakes unlike most of them who wanna play god up in that chair that if u challenge them they’ll smite u
Mohamed is a human. He makes mistakes but he apologized. John is just a nice guy n class act. We need more players on tour like him. Young players need to learn from this guy
He saw (correctly) that the ball didn't touch any lines and landed within one of the regions, away from the line borders. At Isner's service speed, he identified the wrong region. Maybe he thought the ball was in the region beyond the two service boxes or maybe he thought that it was in the other service box. "wrong one" means "wrong region" in my interpretation.
The problem is that the US Open crowd is not really a good sample size of typical American sports fans in general. The ATP summer hard court tournaments such as the one in Cincinnati are more in line with what an American crowd is really like. The US Open crowd consists mostly of rich, obnoxious foreigners who are often very biased against/for certain players based on ethncity and nationality alone.
@@SK-qu4wo Would there have been many foreigners at this year’s final? Unless you mean expats, or your travel situation is better than the rest of the world :/
Isner is so likable. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of his style of tennis (too much emphasis on his serve. I get it's because of his height...). But nevertheless, he's a lovely dude
The challenge played the wrong clip. That serve , if in, would have kissed the line. There is NO WAY that ball was all in. Hawk Eye error rewatch the first
Do you guys realize he makes those mistakes all the time and just says sorry with a dumb smile on his face? Respect to John, but umpire deserved the boos. If it is a few times, fine. However, it is consistent with this dude and 100% deserved.
People comments on here how this is class act are so cringe. There's a difference between being a class act and being stupid. The ump. didn't deserve a bit of sympathy on such a baffling blunder of a call.
Yeah I cannot stand Andy Murray at all. Didn't like him at the beginning and certainly not now. He has that typical traditional British entitlement persona and he never even cracks a smile nowadays.
Does anyone understand tennis or actually realise that this call ACTUALLY BENEFITED Isner? Not taking aything away from Isner, I like him, but it is much easier to be calm and friendly when a call benefited you. Isner's rival (Bautista Augut) should have been furious (shame the TV did not show his reaction. For people not following, is because Isner now gets a 1st serve again (which means with his big serve he has extremely high chances of winning the point) vs the situation that Isner was in, which was a returned serve and the point being played (which automatically lowers Isner's odds of winning the point and his rival has a higher chance of winning than if the point would be started again.)
I reckon Isner would've still put away the return, RBA might have got it back but it was straight back at Isner and he was still struggling to get into position. Even if Isner doesn't immediately finish the point he still has a huge advantage at that moment of time
@@omkarnagarhalli5217 Yup 100 percent. The ball was short and at the service line, even if Isner didn't put it away, he was in an extremely good position to put it away on the volley and Isner is a decent volleyer. This is what happens when someone thinks they know more than they do. *ahem* J GA
i respect a sports official who can admit when they are wrong and apologize
In what world would he argue this obvious mistake though?)))
@@bartholomewlyons my thoughts exactly! 😂😂 Imagine trying to argue that it was still out
And also respect to a player who knows what is proper behaviour, even when under stress.
He apologized sincerely, crowd needs to calm TF down. Also, big respect to Isner for his response
The US crowds are always like this…
It’s not even a match, set, game or point….but a fault
It's American crowd. You see how they always boo Novak Djokovic. Recently they even booed Stefano's Tsitsipas for toilet break.
@@gchild123 well Tsitsipas deserved it.
@@ErikCB912 that's what Americans think. The fact they can watch nfl or nba with constant time-out, fouls , or the game stopping every 2-5 minutes for more than 4 hours is nothing compared to taking a toilet break or booing the legends of the sport.
Especially tennis is a "gentleman" sport with sportsmanship. It's a typical American behavior to boo.
Tennis is a extremely exhausting and stressful individual sport. They fly into your country to play a tournament which they continuously play the very next day.
They always boo for the most smallest thing and it's not only disrespectful but disgusting. It's not a team game and they don't gloat , brag to other players like when nba players block or dunk a shot.
Think tennis like a chess game atmosphere.Americans will think it's perfectly normal to boo and shout.
Lahyani was the umpire for the legendary Isner-Mahut match of course. I think everybody who played a part in that ended up friends for life.
i love this comment
The crowd booed the only umpire to ever apologize🤦🏻
Lol he does that a lot though, makes a ton of mistakes and just says sorry and smiles.
@@dennisvillaflor3359 better than pretending he is right and argue to defend his mistakes because of ego. The umpire have power and authority over the match and that could easily inflate the ego, so seeing someone humble is always a welcome sight.
@@dennisvillaflor3359 Yeah ! a ton of mistakes in a sea of yottatonnes of good calls
A nice player and a nice umpire.
John understood the mistake of Layhani who immediately apologize.
The crowd sometimes have to be more respectful.
Crowd is people, people are stup1d so... dont think that they will be more respecful next time.
American crowd, what do you expect?
That ball was way in !!!!!! And you think the crowd should be more calm and respectful ? Horrible mistake
A nice Trump supporting player.
There are lots of us!
MAGA
@@cp_703 and he admit it and if you ever try to see if a isner serve is in or out you tell me how it went. At that speed i bet you wouldn't even see the ball
Isner is, and always has been, a class act.
Not as much of a class act as yer dad ;)
@@IzakD8 Wtf
@@CestosChannelByElitei guess he must know his father
Vey mature reaction from Isner
Mature from both sides imo. Nice to see an umpire apologise for a mistake - most of them just clam up in similar situations
@@TRASHoftheTITANS by all respect, but Layani had no space to clam up in this one xD
@@TRASHoftheTITANS 100%
Trump supporters are always mature players. You would get a hissy fit from most of the other liberal loser players
@@QueArgh maybe in average but not always thats for sure. There r immature in Both sides
Big john is a good guy!
He is the best referee anyway, also the way he handeld the mistake proofs it
John Isner is such a gentleman honestly and so well spoken - admiration for him on court and off court as an amazing dad and player!
He’s a racist but ok
@ Monse - sorry I genuinely mean this - I did not know that he was a racist? I never really follow him but know of him on court. Or when he speaks he seems quite a nice, family guy! I will have a look and see if I can find anything about him being racist. Thanks for the heads up!
@@1998rg Oh please 🙄
Not sure if racist but he’s definitely far right
wow that was a close one!
Mohamed Lahyani is mostly okay with the players. Some kids and fans even ask for his autograph and signature.
I played college tennis in the states at the same time as John
He has always been way more mature than his years and a class act on court
He was so sincerely apologetic and I like that! He’s honest and he’s real. I feel bad for him for the way the crowd treated him after that incorrect call. Isner was amazing with his response, very mature of him!
No surprise here John has always been a gentleman. Same can be said for Lahyani of course. The world be a much better place of we had more people like this.
How tf can a crowd boo him he’s one of the few umpires that actually acknowledge their mistakes unlike most of them who wanna play god up in that chair that if u challenge them they’ll smite u
A sign of a good man. Good on ya John.
Mohamed is a human. He makes mistakes but he apologized. John is just a nice guy n class act. We need more players on tour like him. Young players need to learn from this guy
Isner be like: We can replay the point all we want, i can hit those serves all day
Isner is such a humble guy. Love his big heart 💙
Well done John for your reaction respecting the human mistake of the refferee, you are a gentleman
It’s admirable for someone to offer a sincere apology after making a mistake. Don’t castigate them.
Isner is a class act!
Mo is a good guy and the Big John too
Isner seems to be a very nice guy, I've always liked him
To be fair, Isner would probably prefer another first serve than play the point out.
True. An Isner first serve that isn’t a winner is an anomaly.
Imagine what Kyrgios would have done, he would've crucified the umpire and incited the crowd for more jeering
And yet people call isner names, seems like a nice guy.
What a gentleman.
That really shows how classy John Isner is. That was about as bad a call as could be. But at least he apologized.
What did he mean "I took the wrong one."?
Language barrier or?
Least he apologised straight away, most umpires go arrogant
I don't get it, he took the wrong ball for replay? Lahyani said I hope I got the right one?
I just watched the entire final set of that epic Mahut-Isner match (took four days lol) and I can understand if Isner has a soft spot for Layahni
Classy by Isner. And worked out well for him to have his 1st serve again since, more often than not, those are unreturnable🌴💣💥
Calm down guys. I'm going to ace the next one.
Where was this in the news???
What does Lahyani mean when he says "I took the wrong one, sorry"?
He saw (correctly) that the ball didn't touch any lines and landed within one of the regions, away from the line borders. At Isner's service speed, he identified the wrong region. Maybe he thought the ball was in the region beyond the two service boxes or maybe he thought that it was in the other service box. "wrong one" means "wrong region" in my interpretation.
Decision
Pills
Probably ball mark
@@mfzoom5401 🤡
One of the nicest guy on tour if not the nicest...love big John...🤟
In his defense, the ball was probably going like 200mph and he missed it.
The serve looks closer to the line than what Hawkeye presented
@ Sebastian - I also thought the same and saw it as clipping the line? Very weird indeed
Angle of the camera
They seem to like each other
The guy is legit. Anybody can make mistakes
My full respect to John 💖👑
Mohamed seems a lovely man fair play of isner here. Another reason why hes one of my fav players
being a tennis umpire is an extremely difficult job. Crowd should try to be a bit more respectful
Class act by both John and Mohamed
American crowds. No surprise here.
Check yo bias
opponent got it back anyway
I hate to say this, but I’m yearning for no more crowds. Especially after the US Open final.
What happened at the US Open final?
@@FwamTom crowd was booing medvedev while serving for the championship
Just no American crowds.
The problem is that the US Open crowd is not really a good sample size of typical American sports fans in general. The ATP summer hard court tournaments such as the one in Cincinnati are more in line with what an American crowd is really like. The US Open crowd consists mostly of rich, obnoxious foreigners who are often very biased against/for certain players based on ethncity and nationality alone.
@@SK-qu4wo Would there have been many foreigners at this year’s final? Unless you mean expats, or your travel situation is better than the rest of the world :/
Mohamd Lahyani is literally the goat in umpire
Based big John
Isner is so likable. Unfortunately I'm not a fan of his style of tennis (too much emphasis on his serve. I get it's because of his height...). But nevertheless, he's a lovely dude
Isner doesn't mind - he can just serve out hundreds of more aces at anytime :)
Isner is the absolute opposite of Jared Donaldson
Yep Isner is great human & player...
Imagine if this happen in french open with a french player serving...
best umpire. I like John too. even tho he's not my fav player
Close call from Mo
best umpire out there
I wonder how Tsitsipas would have reacted 😀
Maybe the ones booing should try umpiring in a match where Isner is serving
Replay it again i missed it the first 3 times
Thats because he knows how much of a flog crowd the US can be
Who won ?
Classy AF. Humans make mistakes. That’s facts.
Isner seems to be a really nice guy!
Let’s be honest though, that was the worst chair umpiring call of all time
Big John is the man!
Respect
Imagine if this had happened to Nick Kyrgios.
All class from Isner
Good personality for Isner
Not a tennis audience
Respect to Isner but that was one of the worst calls I've seen ever
Yeah that was a horrible call. Not even close. Lahyani has usually had a good eye. Hope he’s not getting vision problems.
The challenge played the wrong clip. That serve , if in, would have kissed the line. There is NO WAY that ball was all in. Hawk Eye error rewatch the first
You are wrong here. It was way in
It was in but it definitely looked like it clipped the line - I also noted the challenge looked really far in just rewatch the clip
It's just Isner's really big serve that makes it look like that, if you watch it at 0.25 you can see it's comfortably in
Angle of the camera when he serves makes it seem closer to the line.
a little easy for john tbh since the serve was returned
Classy reaction from Isner but that call was really horrible lol.
Do you guys realize he makes those mistakes all the time and just says sorry with a dumb smile on his face? Respect to John, but umpire deserved the boos. If it is a few times, fine. However, it is consistent with this dude and 100% deserved.
Isner is happy to repeat the service. Probably will be an ace
Tf he made a mistake and apologized wtf is wrong with yall😂
isner is such a mensch
*Mohamed Lahyani's* calls *are* quite often wrong:)) to be honest. But he doesn't deserve that crowd reaction.
Big up Isner
Gosh if it was Serena, she'd have called him and his entire family sexist and racist already
People comments on here how this is class act are so cringe. There's a difference between being a class act and being stupid. The ump. didn't deserve a bit of sympathy on such a baffling blunder of a call.
this is why Mohamed Lahyani is a very well respected umpire if he makes a mistake he will admit it
🙌
if it was djoko he wouldve made a scene.
Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt were among the most disrespectful and vile players towards umpires and linespeople.
If it was Andy Murray he would’ve made a scene and definitely enjoyed the crowd booing - that’s just who he is with his DadBod and neck beard
Yeah I cannot stand Andy Murray at all. Didn't like him at the beginning and certainly not now. He has that typical traditional British entitlement persona and he never even cracks a smile nowadays.
Does anyone understand tennis or actually realise that this call ACTUALLY BENEFITED Isner? Not taking aything away from Isner, I like him, but it is much easier to be calm and friendly when a call benefited you. Isner's rival (Bautista Augut) should have been furious (shame the TV did not show his reaction. For people not following, is because Isner now gets a 1st serve again (which means with his big serve he has extremely high chances of winning the point) vs the situation that Isner was in, which was a returned serve and the point being played (which automatically lowers Isner's odds of winning the point and his rival has a higher chance of winning than if the point would be started again.)
I reckon Isner would've still put away the return, RBA might have got it back but it was straight back at Isner and he was still struggling to get into position. Even if Isner doesn't immediately finish the point he still has a huge advantage at that moment of time
@@omkarnagarhalli5217 Yup 100 percent. The ball was short and at the service line, even if Isner didn't put it away, he was in an extremely good position to put it away on the volley and Isner is a decent volleyer. This is what happens when someone thinks they know more than they do. *ahem* J GA
Not really it was a good first serve and he lost a challenge so
@@thisgirl99 your first statement is true, but you don't lose a challenge when your challenge is correct. Only when it's wrong do you lose a challenge
@@chrissioufi925 ah true. Thanks for correcting me
Why tennis is just comical now
Isner knows he will hit an ace 4 out 5 times anyway, and he's a multi millionaire, so he's okay with the poor call.
And who the fuck cares about the first point of a game 😂 was not a break point or something like that
Umpire with the most annoying accent
Trump lover showing humility
Layani is one of the worst empire
Umpire? I didn't know he was royal...