Alexander Zverev disqualified from the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco for "unsportsmanlike conduct".
The German from Hamburg, 24, went into a rage at the end of the doubles match that he lost, paired with Marcelo Melo, 6-2 4-6 10-6 against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara. It all started with the protest with the referee, the Italian Alessandro Germani, on the point that sent Glasspool and Heliovaara ahead 9-6 in the tiebreak match.
A response from the Finn, which ended up near the outside line of the corridor on the side closest to the referee's chair, is judged to be good. Zverev and Melo are convinced both out but on the side fields in Acapulco there is no possibility to ask for verification of the call through FoxTenn, the "line technology" system in force in this tournament, which is used alternately on the ATP and WTA circuit. to Hawk-Eye.
At the end of the lost game Zverev in a rage approached the referee's chair and hit it with a couple of violent rackets, one of which narrowly missed Germani by the foot.
Hence the immediate disqualification from the Mexican ATP 500, where he had won the game that ended later in the history of tennis.
(Unioneonline / D)
