After the crack, remorse.
Alexander Zverev, expelled from the Acapulco tournament on Tuesday for storming the referee's chair with a racket, "ask forgiveness" for his actions on Wednesday.
The least of things after a gesture as incomprehensible as disproportionate.
In a message posted on his Instagram account, "Sascha" claims to have "privately apologized to the chair umpire" and considers his own outburst "unacceptable".
“It shouldn't have happened, I have no excuse.
I apologize to my fans, to the tournament and to this sport that I love.
As you know, I give everything on the court.
Tuesday, I gave too much, ”also wrote the Olympic champion.
The 24-year-old also announced that he was going to use the next few days "to reflect" and to "make sure this doesn't happen again".
Sanctioned by the ATP?
In doubles, associated with the Brazilian Marcelo Melo, the German came out of his hinges after a defeat in the super tie-break against the Briton Lloyd Glasspool and the Finn Harri Heliövaara 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.
On the video images, we see him hitting the chair of the referee Alessandro Germani three times, sitting down then getting up to insult him and giving a last stroke of the racket just under the foot of the official, when he gets down from his chair.
Beyond his exclusion from the Acapulco tournament, the German could be sanctioned more heavily according to the ATP disciplinary code.
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Tennis: Alexander Zverev kicked out of the Acapulco tournament after violently attacking the referee
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