(CNN) — Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 for his profanity-laden outburst at a chair umpire in the course of the Shanghai Masters final month.
The ATP – the governing physique for males’s tennis – introduced Thursday that its fines committee had handed Tiafoe, who later apologized for his actions, a $60,000 superb for aggravated conduct, along with a most on-site superb of $60,000 for verbal abuse.
The incident occurred on the Shanghai Masters in October throughout Tiafoe’s defeat to Russian Roman Safiullin.
The American appeared upset when he was given a time violation on a primary serve within the ultimate set tie-break with the scores stage at 5-5.
“No, no, no, no, I tossed the ball up … I used to be able to serve. Dude, that’s the rule,” Tiafoe may very well be heard saying in direction of chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, arguing that he had thrown the ball within the air for a serve.
In response, Pinoargote stated: “I’m not shopping for it, it’s the second serve,” earlier than additionally saying it was Tiafoe’s second serve on the microphone.
Tiafoe would go on to lose the purpose and the match. After the gamers shook arms on the web, the 26-year-old directed his anger in direction of Pinoargote, aiming a collection of expletives on the umpire whereas Safiullin tried to have a good time his win. In the meantime, some members of the group may very well be heard laughing.
After the match, the present world No. 18 took to social media to apologize for his conduct.
“That’s not who I’m and never how I need to deal with individuals,” Tiafoe wrote on Instagram on the time. “I let my frustration within the warmth of the second get the perfect of me and I’m extraordinarily disenchanted with how I dealt with the state of affairs.
“That’s not acceptable conduct and I need to apologize to the umpire, the match and the followers.”
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