Frances Tiafoe fined $120,000 for cursing at chair umpire at Shanghai Masters, avoids suspension
The HinduU.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe was fined a total of $120,000 — but will not be suspended — for cursing repeatedly at a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters last month. During a minute-long tirade after bowing out 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 against 61st-ranked Roman Safiullin in the third round at Shanghai, Tiafoe sent about 10 expletives in the direction of official Jimmy Pinoargote. READ | Japan, Slovakia seal place in quarterfinals of Billie Jean King Cup Finals Later, Tiafoe posted an apology on social media, calling his reaction “not acceptable behavior” and writing: “That is not who I am and not how I ever want to treat people. Tiafoe made it to the semifinals at the U.S. Open in 2022, when he lost at that stage to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz, and got that far again this September before losing in five sets to fellow American Taylor Fritz.
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