I'm surprised no one has brought this up, but maybe it was cut from the CBS feed. I watching a Eurosport feed online and Federer rips into the chair ump when Del Porto took so long to challenge a call.
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The five-time defending champion took exception to the decision of chair umpire Jake Garner to allow Juan Martin del Potro to challenge a line call a full 11 seconds after the shot was ruled wide. By the time del Potro casually raised his finger, Federer was about to sit down for the changeover.
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"No, no, no! Too late. We stopped! Come on. I wasn't allowed to challenge after, like, two seconds and the guy takes like 10. Every time. How can you allow that stuff? Do you have any rules in there or what? (Inaudible) Don't tell me to be quiet. When I want to talk, I'll talk, alright? I don't give a [expletive] what he said. I'm just telling you he waited too long."
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http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/blog/bus...en,189430&cp=7
Inaudible is the nice way of saying the F-bomb.
It was pretty shocking to see from Federer, who is normally so composed. It was only a few points earlier that Federer was furious with a Chase review call that he felt was blatantly wrong. He pointed to a mark on the court for a good 4 more points, and it was pretty clear overall his head just wasn't in it like normally is. May explain how poor his service game was.