Alexander Zverev is doing (very, very) well: the world No.3, excluded from the Acapulco tournament for repeatedly hitting the referee's chair with his racket during a doubles match, was fined two-month suspended suspension by the ATP on Tuesday.
“ATP Vice President of Rules and Competitions Miro Bratoev has completed his thorough review of Alexander Zverev's unsportsmanlike conduct in Acapulco and found him to have engaged in aggravated behavior, in the words of the disciplinary code ”that the players must respect, introduces the press release from the body.
Zverev will have to be discreet
Initially, the men's circuit had sanctioned the German with a fine of 40,000 dollars (35,600 euros) and had deprived him of his earnings in Mexico (31,570 dollars or 28,160 euros) as well as points acquired in the classification. for singles and doubles contested.
Since then, Zverev has been fined an additional 25,000 dollars (23,000 euros) and an eight-week suspension from all competition organized by the ATP, two sanctions however given on probation, with a probationary period ending on February 22. 2023, one year after the incident in Acapulco, specifies the ATP.
If he avoids any further unsportsmanlike conduct for a year, Zverev will see his sanctions lifted, otherwise they will apply after all appeals have been exhausted, the body concludes.
A reprieve that goes wrong
At the end of the lost doubles match with the Brazilian Marcelo Melo, against the Briton Lloyd Glasspool and the Finn Harri Heliövaara, he was out of his hinges, hitting the referee's chair three times, before sitting down and then raise to insult him and give a last blow of the racket.
Excluded from the tournament, the Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo had "asked for forgiveness", claiming on Instagram to have "privately apologized to the chair umpire" after his "unacceptable" outburst of anger.
His behavior had been condemned in particular by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.
"I would probably be in prison if I did that", for her part launched Saturday on CNN Serena Williams, recalling that in 2009 at the US Open, she had to pay a fine of 175,000 dollars and undergo a dismissal. two-year ordeal after threatening a linesman.
The ATP sanction announced on Tuesday should not be more likely to satisfy her, any more than the former player Pam Shriver, one of the first to react.
Name another sport that would not protect it's officials who have been physically attacked and intimidated by a competitor, by serving a probation vs a suspension?
What am I missing?
— Pam Shriver (@PHShriver) March 8, 2022
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“Name another sport that would not protect its officials, physically attacked and intimidated by an athlete, by giving them a reprieve rather than a firm suspension?
What am I missing?
“, tweeted the latter.
The ATP's biggest disciplinary sanction was imposed in 2019 on Australian Nick Kyrgios, who received a 16-week suspended sentence after verbally attacking a referee and smashing two rackets at the Cincinnati Masters. .
How do you say "double standards" in German, again?
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