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Tennis: two months of suspended suspension, Zverev is doing well after his bloodshed in Acapulco

2022-03-08T07:33:30.262Z


He does not pay dearly for his outburst in Mexico. The world number 3 who had hit the referee's chair with his racket before the i


Alexander Zverev is doing well: the world No.3, expelled from the Acapulco tournament for repeatedly hitting the referee's chair with his racket during a doubles match, then copiously insulting him, received a two-month suspended suspension from the ATP.

“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 was therefore given an additional fine of 25,000 dollars (23,000 euros) and an eight-week suspension from all competition organized by the ATP, two sanctions however given suspended, with a probationary period ending on February 22, 2023. , a year after the incident in Acapulco, says the ATP.

If he avoids further unsportsmanlike conduct for one year - "disrespectful or aggressive behavior, verbal or physical abuse, towards an official, an opponent, a spectator or another person during or the end of a match "-, Zverev will see his sanctions lifted, otherwise they will apply after exhaustion of any appeal procedure, concludes the instance.

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.

Zverev will be able to compete in the Indian Wells Masters 1000

Zverev, who will therefore be able to compete in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 on Wednesday, has until Friday to appeal.

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'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. .

Source: leparis

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