Tennis
Zverev sent off after hitting the referee’s chair with his racket
(Acapulco) The ATP has excluded the German Alexander Zverev (3and world singles) of the Acapulco tennis tournament for repeatedly hitting the referee’s chair with his racket after a doubles loss on Tuesday, an extremely rare decision.
“Due to his unsportsmanlike behavior at the end of his doubles match on Tuesday night, Alexander Zverev has been expelled from the Acapulco tournament,” the governing body of the men’s professional circuit announced on its Twitter account ATP Media Info.
The 24-year-old was due to play his 2 on Wednesdayand singles round against compatriot Peter Gojowczyk, after winning his match of 1er round against American Jenson Brooksby at 4:54 a.m. Monday night, the latest match in professional tennis history.
On Tuesday night, Alexander Zverev came off his feet after his doubles match lost in the super tiebreaker with Brazilian Marcelo Melo against Briton Lloyd Glasspool and Finland’s Harri Heliövaara 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 .
In the video footage, Zverev is seen hitting referee Alessandro Germani’s chair three times, sitting down and then getting up to insult him and giving a final racquet kick just under the official’s foot, as he got down from his chair.
Beyond his exclusion from the Acapulco tournament, the German, Olympic champion in Tokyo in singles and winner of the last Masters, could be sanctioned more heavily according to the ATP disciplinary code.
McEnroe or Djokovic before him
“If the First Vice-President, Rules and Competitions, determines that this was an infraction particularly detrimental to the proper conduct of the tournament or detrimental to the integrity of the sport, he may consider additional sanctions (fines or suspensions)”, specifies the ATP in this disciplinary code.
Player suspensions for bad behavior are very rare in professional tennis.
A few big names have suffered this fate during a match, however: American John McEnroe was disqualified at the 1990 Australian Open for insulting the referee and Australian Nick Kyrgios in Rome in 2019 for throwing a chair at the court.
Serbian Novak Djokovic was ejected from the court at the 2020 US Open for unintentionally hitting a ball in the direction of a linesman. Canadian Denis Shapovalov had experienced a similar mishap when his ball hit French chair umpire Arnaud Gabas in the 2017 Davis Cup. As for the Argentinian David Nalbandian, he had been deprived of the end of the final of the Queen’s 2012, for having involuntarily injured a linesman.
Zverev is also the subject of an investigation opened by the ATP into allegations of domestic violence made against him by his ex-partner.
In June 2020, he was also criticized for partying in a bar full of people, when he promised to isolate himself for 14 days after participating in the Adria Tour, an exhibition tournament with an audience and without distancing. organized by Novak Djokovic during which several players including the world No.1 had been infected with COVID-19.
This edition of the Acapulco tournament was the scene of another unusual incident on Tuesday evening: John Millman had to give up after being shot in the eye.
The Australian preferred to smile by posting a photo on his Instagram account where we see him with a plaster on the eye touched involuntarily and accompanied by the mention: “You must always watch the ball”.
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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.
Saying goodbye to professional tennis in 2025 retired 27 players.
The most famous are Richard Gasquet, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil and Diego Schwartzman.
Ukrainian Vladislav Manafov He did not compete at the professional level for the entire year but did not announce his retirement.
He completed his professional career
Grégoire Barrere- Richardas Berankis
- Rohan Bopanna
- Pedro Cachin
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marius Kopil
- Marcus Daniell
- Ivan Dodig
- kyle edmund
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Christopher Eubanks
- Jonathan Esserick
- Fabio Fognini
- Richard Gasquet
- Martin Klizan
- Denis Kudla
- Gianluca the Wizard
- Nicolas Mahut
- Matve Middelkop
- Dennis Novak
- Vašek Pospisil
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Tim van Ruythoven
- Luke Saville
- Diego Schwartzman
- Fernando Verdasco
Tennis players who did not play during 2025 but did not announce their retirement
- André Begemann
- 🏳️ Teimuraz Gabashvili
- Fred Gil
- Emilio Gomez
- Marcel Ilhan
- 🏳️ Andrey Kuznetsov
- Juan Ignacio Londero
- Vladislav Manafov
- Fabrice Martin
- Gerald Meltzer
- Gonzalo Oliveira*
- Max Purcell**
- Milos Raonic
- Hunter Reese
- Blaj Rola
- Tennis Sandgren
- Weissborn himself
*– Oliveira was banned for using methamphetamine
** – Purcell was disqualified for use of prohibited substances
Source: Sport UA
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13 former tennis players have already announced their careers in 2025. end of career.
The most famous of the girls listed below are Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia.
Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko He has not played professionally since the fall of 2024, when he played for the Ukrainian national team in the KBDK Playoffs. Lesya did not announce the end of her career.
- Ysaline Bonaventure
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Alize Kornet
- Lauren Davis
- Andrea Gamis
- caroline garcía
- Simona Halep
- Michaela Krajicek
- Petra Kvitova
- Akiko Ohmae
- Bibiana Schofs
- Wang Qiang
- Yanina Wickmayer
Tennis players who did not play all year but did not announce their retirement
- Kaia Sofa
- Lesya Tsurenko
Tennis players who took a break from their careers due to motherhood
- Ounce Jabeur
- Daria Saville
- Anna Carolina Shmidlova
- Caroline Wozniacki
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On Monday, December 29, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) last updated the rating in 2025.
As in principle, there have been no significant changes since the end of the Final Tournament in November.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season on top. Also in the top 5 were Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
As for Ukrainian women, the country’s best tennis player in 2025 is 14th-ranked Elina Svitolina. She is followed by Marta Kostyuk (26th) and Dayana Yastremskaya (27th). Alexandra Oleynikova also entered the top 100 at number 96.
There are six more representatives of Ukraine in the top 500: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur, Anastasia Soboleva, Veronika Podrez and Katarina Zavatskaya.
The new season starts on January 2 – the United Cup team tournament will be held in Perth and Sydney, Australia. And on the 5th, the WTA 500 tournaments will start in Brisbane and the WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland. Sisters Kostyuk, Yastremskaya and Kichenok will play in Brisbane, while Svitolina and Starodubtseva will play in Auckland.
Ukrainian women in WTA singles rankings
Ukrainian women in WTA double the rankings
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