Ferreira fires out Krajicek

Krajicek's serve let him down

W Ferreira (SA) bt (11) R Krajicek (Neth) 5-7 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-3)

Wayne Ferreira blew his cool and then blew former champion Richard Krajicek out of Wimbledon as the seeds continued to tumble at SW19.

Ferreira was serving at set point down when umpire Kim Craven overruled a serve that looked to have clipped the line.

Furious at Craven's decision, Ferreira lost the point and then smashed his racquet in two against his chair as well as swearing at the umpire.

The incident earned Ferreira a code violation for racquet abuse and television viewers were left in no doubt at his anger as they heard his tirade loud and clear.

Mistakes

"Why do you guys have to wait until ******* set point?" asked Ferreira.

"Why don't you shut up and call the score. I have to pay for your mistakes."

Ferreira lets go with a backhand

Krajicek, the 11th seed, was unable to capitalise on the situation as he struggled with his serve - his most potent weapon - and hit 11 double faults in the two hour 26 minute match.

Instead, Ferreira was the man inspired.

"I get very frustrated," said the South African. "I always seem to feel that the umpire does nothing until it gets extremely close.

"It always seems to happen at the wrong times, always when breakpoint or set point or late in the match or a tiebreaker.

"If they're going to overrule, they should do it in the whole match."

But Ferreira admitted he had not intended to break his racquet.

"I was surprised by the weakness of my racquet," he said. "I didn't hit it that hard and the next minute it's in two pieces.

Scared

"That kind of scared me a little bit."

The second turning point for Ferreira came in the fifth game of the second set when Krajicek gave him a break with his seventh double fault.

"I was always struggling with my rhythm on the first and second serve," said the Dutchman.

"After the overrule, I thought it would be good for me, and he would also be a little upset. But I couldn't take advantage of it today."