Player Hits lineswoman With Racqet

World No.310 player Darian King has been defaulted from a Challenger tournament in Virginia for hitting a lineswoman by throwing his racquet. The disgusting incident came during an explosion of anger as King lost a key point, with the racquet blow leaving the official lying on the ground in pain for several minutes.
After losing a tiebreak point in a first round match against Edmund Corrie at the Charlottesville Challenger, King, 22, blew up and threw his racquet at a tarpaulin surrounding the court. It ricocheted off the tarp and hit the back of the lineswoman, who cried out fell to the ground.
The incident left match commentators stunned.
“Wow. Oh no. I think we’re done,” the lead commentator said, when the incident occurred with King down a set and trailing 4-2 in the second set tiebreak. “Yep, boy, that is just brutal.”
As the commentator forecast, King was rapidly defaulted from the match - yet after briefly showing interest in her welfare, he incredibly tried to plead his case, saying repeatedly to the umpire: “I didn’t hit her.”