By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, November 14, 2024
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Talk is cheap.
Launching a series of F-Bombs at the chair umpire in Shanghai last month proves costly for Frances Tiafoe.
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The 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.
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