In the fourth major tennis tournament, the fourth round of the US Open, the disqualification of world No. 1 men’s Novak Jokovic (Servia) led to the American Tennis Association, sponsored by $ 10,000 (approximately 1.1 million yen) to perform on the court. After that, he was fined $ 7,500 for not holding the press conference. In addition, the $ 250,000 prize (about 26.5 million yen) will be forfeited until the fourth round you won.

Jokovic played Karenobsta (Spain), who was in 27th place, and from the fifth row in the first set, Jokovic lost his service game. Perhaps frustrated, Jokovic hit the ball with a racket on the side of the back fence. The ball hits the throat of the linesman directly. The linesman sat down.

In response to this law, the association stated in “Article 3: Player-in-place offenses” in the “Grand Slam Rule Book”. The point R-Unsportsmanlike conduct was applied “.

Violations are usually more serious in three stages. If it is the first violation, a “warning” will be reported. At this point, Jokovic’s rape was the first. However, as a result of discussions between the tournament referee and the head referee, the disqualification for accumulation of violations or a violation is notified after consultation between the tournament referee and the chief referee in “T. Disqualification (Non-compliance) “. It can be applied.

Jokovic’s offense was found to be malicious and the first offense was deemed worthy of disqualification. And the notification of disqualification is the final decision and the athlete cannot protest.