By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, November 14, 2024
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Speak is affordable.
Launching a collection of F-Bombs on the chair umpire in Shanghai final month proves expensive for Frances Tiafoe.
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The ATP hit Tiafoe with a $120,000 positive for verbally abusing the chair umpire finally month’s Rolex Shanghai Masters.
The positive is the second largest in ATP historical past, behind the $155K penalty that Frenchman Hugo Gaston acquired for unsportsmanlike conduct in 2023.
Tiafoe was hit with a time violation within the third-set tiebreaker of his 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) loss to Roman Safiullin.
An irate Tiafoe went bonkers cursing out chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote following the post-match handshake with Safiullin.
“F— you man! F— you!” Tiafoe railed on the chair umpire. “Severely, man. F— you! You f—ed me out of the f—ing match!”
After his F—ing freak-out Tiafoe took to social media to apologize for his conduct.
Frances Tiafoe on Instagram.Properly completed 👏 https://t.co/NVW3pYq6iO pic.twitter.com/BuJXG6sEyP
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 8, 2024
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