Frances Tiafoe must pay $120,000 fine for repeatedly insulting a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters 1000 last month.
The ATP announced on Thursday that its penalties committee had imposed the US Open semi-finalist a $60,000 penalty for aggravated conduct, in addition to the maximum $60,000 in-place fine he received for verbal abuse.
Number 18 in the ranking He may be facing a suspension, but he won’t be barred from competingas reported by the circuit.
Tiafoe’s anger came from the ‘warning’ of the chair umpire, the Ecuadorian Jimmy Pinoargote, for exceeding 25″ of the serve. It was second, which meant that he lost the first serve, he had to play the second, a very important point as the result was 5-5 on the scoreboard.
When the elimination was complete, Tiafoe yelled at the referee, shouting loudly. ““Fuck you! Fuck you, man! Seriously, fuck you! What a shitty guy! Damn. You screwed up the game, do your damn job!” “I’ve been fighting and running for my life for three hours,” he said.
Tiafoe later posted an apology on social media, calling his reaction “unacceptable behavior” and writing: “That’s not who I am and that’s not how I want to treat people. I let my frustration in the heat of the moment get the best of me and I’m very disappointed in how I handled the situation.”
Source: La Verdad
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