Acapulco – Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has to pay a $40,000 fine after his tantrum at the tennis tournament in Acapulco.
In addition, he has to pay back the prize money of more than 30,000 dollars and loses the points for the world ranking, as the ATP announced. In addition, there is to be a further investigation.
Zverev had been disqualified after his freak-out following his defeat in the doubles at the tournament in Acapulco. Germany’s best tennis player had hit the umpire’s chair several times with his racket, on which the umpire was still sitting, after his 2:6, 6:4, 6:10 defeat with his Brazilian doubles partner Marcelo Melo against Lloyd Glasspool of Great Britain and Harri Heliovaara of Finland.
Zverev had previously been upset about a decision by the referee. The men’s organisation ATP reacted and excluded the 24-year-old from the rest of the tournament for “unsportsmanlike conduct”. Later, the pro had apologised and described his behaviour as unacceptable.
