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While Spanish tennis was rushing its last moments with representation in the women's team of the US Open with the match in which Aliona Bolsova finally fell defeated against the Romanian Cirstea, the organization announced that Carla Suárez would be fined $ 40,000 for lack of effort in his first round match

The competition judges consider that the Canary, despite retiring due to injury, failed to comply with the First Round Performance Rule , implemented last season and that ensures that the performance of the players is optimal and that they do not participate in the first round solely for receiving the prize economic. "After reviewing the information of the Medical Staff and Grand Slam Supervisors, it was determined that Carla Suárez Navarro did not perform according to the professional standards required," says Soeren Friemel, the main referee of the tournament in an official statement.

The number 33 of the WTA ranking decided to jump to the track despite the back problems that already dragged, but left after giving up the first set against Hungarian Timea Babos. The organization therefore considers that it tried to secure the economic prize awarded to the participants in the first round of the last major of the year, which amounts to $ 58,000, despite not being physically in the ideal conditions to play a match.

Therefore, now they are still worth $ 18,000. Although if Suarez had notified his injury before the start of the crash, he would have received half of the final reward, a total of 29,000, according to tournament regulations. Despite this decision, the Spanish tennis player wanted to make it clear in her Twitter account that the pain was accentuated as she disputed the match.

"They have not been the simplest weeks with discomfort in the back," said Las Palmas in his message. "We tried to arrive in conditions but the pain intensified during the first game in New York. I regret to go away from tournaments that I value very much." added

Other cases in Grand Slam

This same year in Roland Garros we have seen a similar situation in the women's team. The American Anna Tatishvili received a fine for lack of competitiveness of $ 51,200, after falling sharply in the first round against Maria Sakkari 6-0 and 6-1. The American returned after two years in the dry dock because of an injury and tried to force to reach the most important clay tournament, but only endured for 55 minutes on the track.

Also in the ATP circuit have been cases like Carla Suárez. Without going any further, in the last edition of Wimbledon, Bernard Tomic received a penalty of $ 55,000 after his first-round loss to Jo Wilfred Tsonga. The French endorsed a blunt 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in less than an hour.

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