By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday February 22, 2022

Hours after a vicious and intimidating outburst, that left an umpire cowering in fear, Alexander Zverev has been tossed out of the Acapulco singles draw due to unsportsmanlike conduct.



The German went ballistic at what he felt was a bad call during the match tiebreak of his doubles match against Harri Heliovarra of Finland and Llloyd Glasspool of Great Britain. Zverev and Melo lost 6-2, 4-6, 10-6.

When a return winner that was ruled to have clipped the line, gave Heliovaarra and Glasspool three match points at 9-6 in the match tiebreak, Zverev argued vehemently, hurling profanities at the umpire to no avail.

On the next point Zverev was aced, and he went directly to the chair after the handshake and smashed his racquet at the feet of the umpire, several times.

See the incident below:

Si no lo descalifican será una prueba de la guerra vs Djokovic pic.twitter.com/fvszaViQU0

— Pau (@paulinapaar) February 23, 2022

Look at the umpire's leg reflexively flinching in fear. This as bad as I've ever seen a player threaten an umpire physically.pic.twitter.com/otrGWJsSxv

— Gill Gross 👨🍳 (@Gill_Gross) February 23, 2022

And here’s the original call that had Zverev miffed.

Part 1: It was within the 8/9-6 of the super tie-break on whether or not the ball was in or out. Melo/AZ thought the ball was in, but replay (and spectators) convinced it was out.

Part 2 soon. pic.twitter.com/aCrdUDpgzH

— stateofsport21 (@stateofsport211) February 23, 2022

And here is the statement from the ATP. Zverev's default means that Peter Gojowczyk will take a walkover into the quarterfinals.

Due to unsportsmanlike conduct at the conclusion of his doubles match on Tuesday night, Alexander Zverev has been withdrawn from the tournament in Acapulco.

The updated Draw can be viewed here:https://t.co/Hqdsgiplgm

— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) February 23, 2022