Tiafoe Hit with $120,000 Fine for Verbally Abusing Umpire

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, November 14, 2024
Photo credit: Tennis TV Screen ShotTalk is cheap.Launching a series of F-Bombs at the chair umpire in Shanghai last month proves costly for Frances Tiafoe.More: TC Suspends Jon WertheimThe ATP hit Tiafoe with a $120,000 fine for verbally abusing the chair umpire at last month's Rolex Shanghai Masters.The fine is the second largest in ATP history, behind the $155K penalty that Frenchman Hugo Gaston received for unsportsmanlike conduct in 2023. Tiafoe was hit with a time violation in 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 at the chair umpire. "Seriously, 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 behavior.