Alexander Zverev passed suspended eight-week ban via ATP for Acapulco outburst
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Males’s tennis governing frame has passed international quantity 3 Alexander Zverev a suspended eight-week ban for smashing his racket towards the umpire’s chair finally month’s ATP 500 match in Acapulco, for which he was once expelled from the event.
Zverev was once fined $20,000 for verbal abuse, $20,000 for unsportsmanlike behavior and forfeited greater than $31,000 in prize cash and all scores issues 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 “irritated behaviour” beneath the Participant Main Offense phase of its regulations and issued an extra nice of $25,000 and eight-week suspension from any ATP-sanctioned match.
However the ATP stated the nice and suspension was once withheld at the situation that, over a probation duration finishing on Feb. 22, 2023, a yr after the incident, Zverev has no longer incurred any longer fines for unsportsmanlike behavior, verbal or bodily abuse.
