WASHINGTON — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will retain his rating factors and prize cash after interesting his disqualification from the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, the ATP introduced Monday.
Shapovalov misplaced the primary set 7-6 (5) in a match towards American Ben Shelton on Friday and trailed 6-3 in a tiebreaker within the second set when he threw his racket to the court docket and started shouting at a fan within the stands.
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As Shelton was about to serve for triple match level, the 25-year-old Shapovalov once more argued with a fan. He was given an unsportsmanlike conduct code violation by the umpire, who then summoned a supervisor.
The ATP introduced that the lack of rating factors and prize cash, which is routinely utilized when a participant defaults, was a disproportionate penalty for Shapovalov’s actions.
He’ll, nonetheless, must pay a $36,400 superb for the violation.
Shapovalov is again in motion this week on the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal. He’ll start his match Wednesday towards a qualifier.
