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World number three Alexander Zverev has been booted out of a tournament in Acapulco and faces a hefty punishment after repeatedly smashing an umpire's chair with his racket following a doubles match.
The ATP have withdrawn Alexander Zverev from the Mexican Open after he attacked the umpire’s chair with his tennis racquet after losing a doubles match. Zverev and Marcelo Melo lost 2-6 6-4 10-6 against Heliovaara and Glasspool in the round of 16 on Wednesday. Ad/> Then – after shaking hands with his opponents — the Olympic champion approached the umpire’s chair and began to hit it with his racquet before heading towards his seat.
El Torneo de Acapulco se ha quedado este martes sin una de sus grandes estrellas: el alemán Alexander Zverev, segundo favorito al título. Zverev, que este martes terminó de jugar su partido de primera ronda ante Jenson Brooksby a las 4:54 hora local, ha sido descalificado del cuadro inidividual después del vergonzoso episodio que protagonizó durante su partido en el cuadro de dobles, donde formaba pareja con el brasileño Marcelo Melo.
Germany's Alexander Zverev was withdrawn from the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, for "unsportsmanlike conduct" after his doubles match, the men's tour said on Wednesday.
German tennis player Alexander Zverev lost his cool on Wednesday after losing the round of 16 men's doubles match at the Mexican Open. Zverev, partnering Brazilian tennis player Marcelo Melo, lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the British-Finnish pair of Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliövaara. Zverev lost control of his temper at the end of the match and repeatedly hit the umpire's chair and also conveyed his unhappiness to the umpire by shouting at him.
El tenista alemán Alexander Zverev sufió un duro revés en el Abierto Mexicano de Tenis y se fue eliminado de la modalidad de dobles donde compartía equipo con Marcelo Melo de Brasil, resultado que provocó el enfurecimiento del germano al grado de golpear el banco del juez con su raqueta.
Alexander Zverev and Jenson Brooksby created history in Acapulco as their overnight tussle at the Mexican Open became the latest ever finish to a professional match, ending shortly before 5am local time.
On an odd night in Acapulco, where the longest three matches in the ATP tournament's history were played back-to-back-to-back, the longest of the bunch featured a heartening moment of sportsmanship.