Djokovic: Fine Umpires For Errors

Novak Djokovic says chair umpires should be held to the same standard as players and face fines for major mistakes on court.Djokovic, who served as ATP Player Council president since 2016, says chair umpires understandably make mistakes but should be accountable if they make a major error that “changes the course of the match.”Kyrgios: Tiafoe Can Achieve More Than Me“Look, they are all human beings, as well,” Djokovic told the media at Laver Cup. “We have to understand that they can’t always be at their best, although I have to, you know, kind of stay on the players’ side and I fully agree with players when they say that if we make some mistake, so to say, whether we violate certain rules verbally or in any way break a racquet or whatever that is, we get warning. We get fined by the event a significant sum of money.“So that’s what players, in general and that I have been noticing, have been saying, you know, that the officials should also be responsible for their action and they should also get fined, you know, if they make a big mistake that changes the course of the match. That, I agree with, although I have to also try to be empathetic and understand them, that they always are in the position where two players are kind of coming at them.”