CNN —Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 for his profanity-laden outburst at a chair umpire during the Shanghai Masters last month.
The incident occurred at the Shanghai Masters in October during Tiafoe’s defeat to Russian Roman Safiullin.
Dude, that’s the rule,” Tiafoe could be heard saying towards chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, arguing that he had thrown the ball in the air for a serve.
In response, Pinoargote said: “I’m not buying it, it’s the second serve,” before also announcing it was Tiafoe’s second serve on the microphone.
“That’s not acceptable behavior and I want to apologize to the umpire, the tournament and the fans.”
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