{"id":202739,"date":"2026-02-27T15:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=202739"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:48:02","slug":"kecmanovic-into-the-acapulco-semifinals-serbian-achieves-career-success-crowd-boos-after-bizarre-final-point-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/kecmanovic-into-the-acapulco-semifinals-serbian-achieves-career-success-crowd-boos-after-bizarre-final-point-video\/","title":{"rendered":"KECMANOVI\u0106 INTO THE ACAPULCO SEMIFINALS: Serbian achieves career success, crowd boos after bizarre final point! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Miomir Kecmanovi\u0107 advanced to the first ATP 500 semifinal of his career, but he was unable to celebrate the achievement properly due to a controversial umpire decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kecmanovi\u0107 defeated Terence Atmane 6:3, 6:3 to reach the Top 4 in Acapulco and climb to No. 58 in the world rankings, although anyone watching the final moments of the match would hardly guess that he had won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was unable to celebrate because the umpire suddenly decided, on match point, to penalize the French player by awarding the point \u2014 and therefore the match \u2014 to the Serbian tennis player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was not made without reason, as the umpire ruled that Atmane was deliberately delaying play and, following an earlier warning, issued a point penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Something you don&#39;t see every day \ud83e\udd14<br><br>Kecmanovic&#39;s 6-3 6-3 win over Atmane ends with a time violation.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATM2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ATM2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKKEL6XeQw\">pic.twitter.com\/uKKEL6XeQw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/2027229016697270677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The Frenchman was left stunned and visibly shaken, unsure how to react. He did not expect the umpire to announce over the microphone: \u201cPoint penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling ended the match immediately, while even Kecmanovi\u0107 appeared unsure how to respond. He calmly walked to his bag and began packing his rackets as Atmane remained frozen on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd reacted with loud boos toward the umpire\u2019s decision, and the match ultimately concluded with an embrace between the two players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/interview-melissa-luburich-serbian-woman-from-chicago-three-times-congresswoman-how-i-fought-for-the-serbian-cause-in-washington-with-my-homemade-greens-pie-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">INTERVIEW, MELISSA LUBURICH, SERBIAN WOMAN FROM CHICAGO \u2013 THREE TIMES CONGRESSWOMAN: \u201eHow I fought for the Serbian cause in Washington with my homemade greens pie!\u201c (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/anger-grows-at-the-blockades-police-summoned-more-than-10-farmers-for-informative-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ANGER GROWS AT THE BLOCKADES: Police summoned more than 10 farmers for informative talks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/horror-in-north-macedonia-serial-killer-arrested-suspected-of-murdering-as-many-as-five-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HORROR IN NORTH MACEDONIA: Serial killer arrested, suspected of murdering as many as five women!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/fantastic-news-for-serbia-european-commission-proposed-the-abolition-of-roaming-between-the-western-balkans-and-the-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FANTASTIC NEWS FOR SERBIA: European Commission proposed the abolition of roaming between the Western Balkans and the EU!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/he-is-my-brother-from-today-ivica-saw-an-overturned-car-and-immediately-rushed-to-help-saved-a-person-with-a-disability-from-certain-death-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201eHE IS MY BROTHER FROM TODAY\u201c: Ivica saw an overturned car and immediately rushed to help, saved a person with a disability from certain death! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/nova.rs\/sport\/tenis\/miomir-kecmanovic-akapulko-polufinale-500-kraj-meca-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nova.rs<\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Printscreen X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miomir Kecmanovi\u0107 advanced to the first ATP 500 semifinal of his career, but he was unable to celebrate the achievement properly due to a controversial umpire decision. Kecmanovi\u0107 defeated Terence Atmane 6:3, 6:3 to reach the Top 4 in Acapulco and climb to No. 58 in the world rankings, although anyone watching the final moments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":202740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11499,91,113,252,15],"class_list":["post-202739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-akapulko","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-tenis","tag-video","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202771,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202739\/revisions\/202771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}