Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev will play in California this week having avoided an immediate ban from the ATP for attacking an umpire's chair at the Mexican Open in ...

“We are currently in communication with his team; however, it has not been determined if he will participate in the event by getting CDC approval to enter the country.” Separately, Andy Murray announced that he will be donating the rest of his earnings from his prize money this year to Unicef’s humanitarian aid for Ukraine. According to the ATP rulebook, possible punishments for Zverev included an immediate suspension of between 21 days and one year. As a result, Zverev has been issued an additional fine of 25,000 US dollars and a suspension for a period of eight weeks from any ATP-sanctioned event.” Zverev was quickly pulled from the singles draw by the ATP, fined a total of $40,000 (£30,000), and his prize money and points were rescinded. Zverev has denied Sharypova’s accusations and welcomed the investigation.

After striking the umpire's chair during an outburst at a tournament in Mexico, Alexander Zverev can avoid a fine and suspension if he does not commit ...

Karolina Pliskova, a former world No. 1, smacked the side of the chair after a loss to Maria Sakkari in Rome in 2018 and received only an unspecified four-figure fine from the women’s tour. “We need to punish him accordingly and allowing him to come out and play professional tennis the week after — or two weeks after — that is too soon.” The Germans won, but Zverev complained afterward that the crowd had crossed a line by directing personal abuse at his family and support team. Kyrgios was given probation even though he already had been suspended once for a “major offense” after showing a serious lack of effort in a match in Shanghai in 2016 (that suspension was reduced from eight weeks to three after Kyrgios agreed to see a sports psychologist). Then came Acapulco and a much more serious failure to control his temper. But this season has not begun auspiciously for a player who has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title. The ATP investigation into accusations that Zverev abused his former girlfriend, Olga Sharypova, is ongoing, and thus could not play a role in Monday’s penalty. “It is difficult to put into words how much I regret my behavior during and after the doubles match yesterday,” he wrote on social media. After cursing at the chair umpire Alessandro Germani following a questionable line call, Zverev took four big swings at the umpire’s chair with his racket after the match. I would have imposed a four-week suspension, and I’ve held the exact job that made such decisions for the ATP.” Miro Bratoev, the ATP’s current senior vice president of rules and competition, did not provide an explanation for Monday’s ruling. But though the follow-up investigation by the ATP rightly determined that Zverev, 24, had committed a “major offense,” he received the equivalent of a suspended sentence on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev was put on probation for one year by the ATP on Monday for violently hitting the chair umpire's stand ...

Just before Zverev and partner Marcelo Melo finished losing a doubles match against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara, Germani gave Zverev a code violation for yelling and swearing while arguing about an opponent's shot that was ruled in. Zverev already has been fined $40,000 and forfeited more than $30,000 in prize money, along with all of the rankings points he earned at the Mexico Open. The ATP said at the time Zverev was docked $20,000 for each verbal abuse and unsportsmanlike conduct, the maximum on-site penalty for each violation. The probation ends Feb. 22, 2023 -- one year after the episode in Acapulco.