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Bergs Assaults Garin In Davis Cup

They went to the tennis match and a hockey brawl almost broke out.

It was an almost unbelievable scene yesterday in Davis Cup in Hasselt, Belgium, where Belgium and Chile were locked in a fierce battle. Zizou Bergs just broke Garin and was about to serve for the match at 64 46 65. A forehand winner by Bergs ignited his fury and he sprinted to the changeover with full a full tank of emotional adrenaline. But when Bergs arrived to the net post, Garin was also there and Bergs, suddenly became a hockey goon and instantaneously decided to barrel into Garin with a violent body check which send the Chilean flat on his back on the ground.

It was a deliberate assault by a tennis player who lost his mind for a split second, caught up in the euphoria of being on the verge lifting Belgium to a 2-1 tie lead vs Chile (they split singles the day before).

Bergs ran into Garin and even grabbed his shirt to add leverage to the hit and then suddenly acted apologetic after committing the shocking assault which left Garin laying on the hard court holding his eye which absorbed the brunt of the body check or WWF body slam.

Garin left the court and did not return and Bergs won 75 in the third to set up the Belgium doubles triumph to clinch the team victory.

Surprisingly Bergs was not disqualified for the assault which referee Carlos Ramos deemed to be an accident. Chile is protesting the decision and is seeking a dismissal of Belgium from the 2025 Davis Cup.

There is not a shred of doubt Bergs intentionally ran over Garin in a fit or rage, fury, adrenaline, and uncontrollable excitement in the heat of a ferocious battle. Even the great Bjorn Borg, maybe the most mild-mannered player in ATP history, once said he hated anyone he had to play. Bergs, without a doubt, was overcome by crazy high of tasting victory and or a raging hatred of his adversary and then delivered the physical message like a pro hockey player trying to intimidate or psyche out a rival player on the opposing team during a vicious, bloody playoff series.

The most shocking aspect of the entire drama was that Team Chile sat there and did nothing after the assault, when they had every right to start a bench clearing brawl with Bergs and the rest of Team Belgium. It was clearly revealed that Team Chile does not have adequate team unity and they let their best player get beaten up by Bergs.

For there is no other way to interpret what happened yesterday in Belgium. Bergs assaulted Garin on the tennis court in front of millions of viewers and witnesses and got away with the crime without any punishment or fine.

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9 comments

  • Steve · February 3, 2025 at 5:07 pm

    If Rios was captain what do you think would have happened?

  • Scoop Malinowski · February 3, 2025 at 8:29 pm

    Good question. Rios actually was a fair sportsman and walked away from several physical confrontations. but Rios also could be unpredictable, what he’s feeling on a particular day. I’m really surprised team chile didn’t retaliate, as a former college hockey player I did retaliate after an assault on teammates and would’ve for a tennis teammate. Garin had every right not to play after being assaulted. what bergs did should’ve provoked a bench clearing brawl.

  • Scoop Malinowski · February 3, 2025 at 9:46 pm

    What Bergs did was classic bullying. The match was super INTENSE, emotional adrenaline from both combatants. Bergs ran into him on purpose. Like when someone feints a punch at someone to make them duck or flinch, that’s bullying, that’s intimidation. Bergs tried to make Garin flinch or jump out of the way, he expected Garin to back down but he did not and he assaulted him. Just like if he threw a punch at Garin and Garin doesn’t duck or flinch he gets hit by the punch. This was an assault and Belgium should be disqualified.

  • Steve · February 4, 2025 at 7:48 am

    Agree. Bergs should have been disqualified. It was definitely intentional and you’ll remember Djokovic hitting a lines person with a ball unintentionally and was thrown out of the US Open. I thought this was pretty standard but obviously the umpires have a lot of discretion.

  • Scoop Malinowski · February 4, 2025 at 8:14 am

    Of course it was intentional, he saw him there and collided like it was a demolition derby. A lot of people don’t remember the details of the Djokovic incident, he had blown triple set point 40-love lead on Busta at 54 and then lost the next game and was suddenly down 56, and he had already fired a ball into the photo pit. Djokovic was raging at that point he fired the ball back at the wall where he knew the ballkid and linesperson were stationed. Did he do it wrecklessly or even on purpose, nobody knows for sure if he lost his mind for a split second and tried to create a smokescreen drama to stop the match and cool off Busta. He may not even know. Of course he didn’t intent to hit her in the throat, maybe just to make then duck or dive who knows for sure. Tennis can get super intense with adrenaline, testosterone, pressure, bad luck, these things all combine and players can snap. Again, not saying Djokovic did anything on purpose but when someone is raging mad, he or she needs to vent off steam. Nalbandian snapped. Roddick has snapped. Federer has snapped. Serena snapped. McEnroe snapped. Bergs snapped.

  • Sam · February 6, 2025 at 11:56 am

    Didn’t actually see any of this, but why do you think Ramos ruled as he did, Scoop?

  • Scoop Malinowski · February 6, 2025 at 3:25 pm

    Afraid to make a big controversial decision. not wanting to endure the firestorm like his last big call which cost him his chair umpire career.

  • Sam · February 15, 2025 at 10:44 pm

    That’s a shame umpires don’t feel free to do what they think is actually fair. ☹️

  • Scoop Malinowski · February 16, 2025 at 7:29 am

    Well Sam, in defense of Ramos, it was a fleeting fast incident well disguised by Bergs, without the benefit or instant replay like we all got to see over and over and over, I understand why Ramos didn’t DQ Bergs, who as far as I know, has no past history of trouble. It was a brilliant trick played by Bergs and it exploited Garin’s soft weakness. Surely certain other tougher players would have responded appropriately. Garin is soft and he needs to change that.

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