Alexander Zverev is doing 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 sentenced to two months of suspended suspension by the ATP on Tuesday. “ATP Vice President for Regulations 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, according to the disciplinary code of the ATP. major offenses committed by players“, introduces the statement of the instance.
“As a result, Zverev was given an additional fine of $25,000 (23,000 euros) and an eight-week suspension from all competitions organized by the ATP. However, the fine and suspension are suspensive, provided that, during a probationary period ending on February 22, 2023 (one year after the incident), the player does not commit another violation of the disciplinary code.“, it is specified. If he therefore avoids for a year any further unsportsmanlike conduct – “disrespectful or aggressive behavior, verbal or physical abuse, towards an official, an opponent, a spectator or another person during or at the end of a game“-, Zverev will see his sanctions officially lifted, otherwise they will apply after all appeals have been exhausted, concludes the ATP.
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Initially, the governing body of the men’s circuit had sanctioned the German with a fine of 40,000 dollars (35,600 euros), for insults and unsportsmanlike behavior, and had deprived him of his winnings in Mexico ( 31,570 dollars or 28,160 euros) as well as the points acquired in the classification for the singles and doubles disputed. Zverev, who will therefore be able to compete in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 from Wednesday, has until Friday to appeal.
He had come out of his hinges at the end of his doubles match lost in the super tie-break with the Brazilian Marcelo Melo against the Briton Lloyd Glasspool and the Finn Harri Heliövaara 6-2, 4-6, 10-6. He had hit the referee’s chair three times, sitting down and then getting up to insult the official and give a final stroke. The double winner of the Masters (2018, 2021), immediately dismissed from the singles tournament, had “ask forgiveness” following his stroke. In a post on his Instagram account, he claimed to have “privately apologized to the chair umpire“, Alessandro Germani, after his fit of anger”unacceptable” against him.
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