Andy Murray Faces Financial Penalty for Racket Smash in Paris Masters

Tennis player Andy Murray (EFE / EPA / Yoan Valat)

Sometimes when you are losing in a sport it is difficult to control your emotions. Screams, gestures of regret or self-reproach are some of the scenes that sporting events leave behind, that moment of helplessness when they feel that the game, the competition or a tournament is slipping away from them. The problem is that when this attitude is taken to the extreme. In tennis, it is not unusual to see players destroy their racket during a match, a gesture that is punishable by a financial penalty, the amount of which is imposed by each tournament. And this is what happened to Andy Murray during the Paris Master, who after the match assured that he is not enjoying the track.

The Brit faced Alex Minaur in the first round of the tournament. It had been 7 years since the tennis player had won a single match in this tournament and it seems that his bad streak in Paris will have to wait until next year to put an end to it. After wasting a 5-2 lead in the third set, he finally ended up losing the entire match 7-6, 4-6 and 7-5. The problem is that helplessness overcame the British tennis player, after suffering a tough defeat that closed a difficult year for him.

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Murray slammed the racket against the ground repeatedly, leaving it completely destroyed. An act that was recriminated by the entire audience present who did not hesitate to boo the tennis player. This gesture is a consequence of the frustration that he currently feels, as he sees how the matches are slipping away from him, while at the same time he continues to lose position in the ATP ranking, where he is currently in 40th place.

“I’m not enjoying the track right now. I haven’t enjoyed the last five or six months. I need to find that fun again because I can’t find anything positive in what happened today, for example. When I play a good point, I really don’t fall behind. The will to win and fight have always been a big part of my game. “That’s not me,” the tennis player expressed after the match. Although he is clear about what his roadmap should be: “If I want to move forward, I am going to need a lot of work. “It won’t just be one or two weeks of training to get to where I need to get, it will have to be a lot of hard work and constant work to give myself a chance.”

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The problem is that this type of attitude, breaking a racket, is sanctioned in tennis, since it represents a warning. Specifically, a financial fine is usually imposed on the tennis player who has committed this action, although the amount may vary depending on the competition. During the Wimbledon tournament, Novak Djokovic was penalized for breaking his racket with 7,000 euros, since he lost his nerve when giving up his serve.

Benoit Paire, after losing to Marcos Baghdatis in a tournament in Washington, broke up to 3 rackets, which led to a financial penalty of 14,200 euros for his unsportsmanlike behavior. Although without a doubt one of the masters of breaking rackets was McEnroe, who broke many of these throughout his career. In this way, Andy Murray could face a penalty of 5,000 to 7,000 euros, an amount that will have to be determined by the Paris Master.

2023-11-01 05:00:00
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