Dodgeball: Chair Umpire Ducks Wild Return

By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Photo credit: Tennis TV

Players aren’t the only ones on court possessing world-class reflexes.

Chair umpire Miriam Bley kept her cool—and her head—ducking an errant return off Tallon Griekspoor’s racquet in Dubai today.

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Watch chair umpire Bley duck the oncoming head shot just in the nick of time.

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The wild forehand return actually sails behind chair umpire Bley’s head.

It was one of the few miscues from Griekspoor as he toppled defending champion Ugo Humbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.