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Swedish Tennis Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open on Wednesday after smashing his racket against the base of the umpire’s chair.
gave The incident This happened after Ymer requested umpire Rogerio Santos to check the ball’s mark on the clay during their Round of 16 match against France’s Arthur Fils.
Santos said he saw the ball bounce over the line and therefore would not check the mark on the court – as umpires often do on clay – although Ymer was adamant the ball had gone out.
“I’ve never seen a referee say, ‘I’m not going to go down and check the mark.’ It doesn’t happen. Why don’t you see the sign I’m giving you?” Ymer said to Santos.
Phils then broke Ymer’s serve on the following point to go 6-5 up, after the world number 53 hit his racket twice on the umpire’s chair, and the second swipe went off the handle. Broke the head of the racket.
A tournament official then informed Ymer that he had been disqualified. The 24-year-old went to congratulate Phillis, who will face top seed Felix Auger Eliasime in the next round.
A similar incident German player Alexander Zverev is involved. It happened last year at the Mexican Open.
Zuriv was handed an eight-week suspension and fined $25,000 for repeatedly hitting the umpire’s chair with his racket during a first-round doubles match.
At the time of the incident, he was kicked out of the singles tournament, fined $40,000 and stripped of the $31,570 in prize money he had already collected, as well as all ATP ranking points from the event. .
CNN has contacted the ATP Tour regarding Ymer’s disqualification from the Lyon Open.