Men’s tennis governing physique has handed world quantity three Alexander Zverev a suspended eight-week ban for smashing his racket in opposition to the umpire’s chair ultimately month’s ATP 500 occasion in Acapulco, for which he was expelled from the event.
Zverev was fined $20,000 for verbal abuse, $20,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and forfeited greater than $31,000 in prize cash and all rankings factors earned from singles and doubles motion on the Abierto Mexicano event.
Following a evaluate, the ATP discovered that the 24-year-old German had dedicated “aggravated behaviour” beneath the Player Major Offense part of its guidelines and issued a further advantageous of $25,000 and eight-week suspension from any ATP-sanctioned occasion.
But the ATP stated the advantageous and suspension was withheld on the situation that, over a probation interval ending on Feb. 22, 2023, a yr after the incident, Zverev has not incurred any extra fines for unsportsmanlike conduct, verbal or bodily abuse.