OOlympic champion Alexander Zverev has to pay a $40,000 fine after his outburst at the tennis tournament in Acapulco. In addition, he has to pay back the prize money of more than $ 30,000 and loses the points for the world rankings, as the ATP announced on Thursday. There should also be a further investigation.
Zverev was disqualified on Tuesday after freaking out after losing in doubles at the tournament in Acapulco. After the 2: 6, 6: 4, 6:10, Germany’s best tennis player and his Brazilian doubles partner Marcelo Melo hit the Brit Lloyd Glasspool and the Finn Harri Heliovaara several times with his racket against the referee’s chair, on which the referee was still sitting.
Zverev had previously been upset about a referee’s decision. The men’s organization ATP reacted and excluded the 24-year-old from the further course of the tournament because of “unsportsmanlike conduct”. The professional later apologized and described his behavior as unacceptable.
Djokovic already eliminated
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic’s comeback at the tennis tournament in Dubai ended surprisingly early. The world number one lost around five weeks after the lost Corona court dispute in Australia in his third game at the tournament in Dubai and will lose his top position in the ATP ranking to Daniil Medvedev. Djokovic lost 4: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7) to the Czech Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
