lexander Zverev has been given an eight-week suspended ban for repeatedly hitting an umpire’s chair together with his racket on the Mexican Open final month.
The world No3 was fined £31,000 and stripped of all prize cash from the match in Acapulco, the place the incident occurred.
The ruling signifies that if the German is discovered responsible of one other main offence – starting from unsportsmanlike behaviour to verbal abuse – throughout the subsequent 12 months then he shall be banned for nearly two months from the sport. As well as, he would face an additional £19,000 positive.
The 24-year-old repeatedly struck the umpire’s chair together with his racket, coming near hitting the official’s foot. He stated within the aftermath that he had “privately apologised” and that he was “upset” in himself.
In the meantime, British trio Heather Watson, Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart edged nearer to the principle draw at Indian Wells after profitable their opening qualifying matches.
Watson beat Spain’s Rebeka Masarova 7-5, 6-2, whereas Boulter edged out No6 seed Xinyu Wang 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and Dart was a 6-1, 7-5 winner over Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove of the Netherlands.
