The Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) announced this Monday through a statement that Denis Shapovalov was fined $36,400 after throwing his racket and apparently rude to a fan during the quarterfinals of the Washington ATP 500.
“The ATP will review an appeal Denis Shapovalov after his withdrawal from the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Washington. The penalty committee stated that the officials followed the correct procedures in fouling the player. However, the committee decided that loss of ranking points and prize moneywhich is automatically applied in case of non-compliance, This would be a disproportionate punishment in this case. Therefore, Shapovalov retained the quarterfinal points and prize moneyand a fine of $36,400 was applied for violating the code,” the statement concluded.
The Canadian, who was in position number 139 in the world ranking and became number 10, He protested to the chair umpire before leaving the court: “He is talking to me (…) How do you call the supervisor?Shapovalov told the judge.
Source: La Verdad

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