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Watch: Chair ump Arnaud Gabas nearly gets beaned again

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Four months ago, chair umpire Arnaud Gabas had to undergo surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone, after Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov smoked him in the eye with a frustrated ball whack during a Davis Cup match.

Back in the chair at the French Open, Gabas likely got flashbacks, as an errant Robin Haase shot came screaming toward him. Fortunately, this one struck him a couple feet below the face.

After Gabas averted a second disaster, Haase had a little fun with him, playfully miming a bow-and-arrow shot at the chair.

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