Wimbledon: Bernard Tomic and Daniil Medvedev heavily fined for 'unsportsmanlike conduct'

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  • Paying the price: Tomic and Medvedev.

    Bernard Tomic and Daniil Medvedev were slapped with hefty fines by the tournament Referee (in consultation with the Grand Slam Supervisors) for unsportsmanlike conduct at Wimbledon.

    Tomic admitted to faking an injury to interrupt his opponent’s momentum during his first round match against Mischa Zverev and also said he was “bored” during the contest, and doesn’t have enough respect for the sport.

    Asked about his injury in his post-match press conference, Tomic said: “I just thought I’d try to break a bit of momentum, to use that as my strategy, because I was just playing very bad and feeling bad out there.”

    The Australian former Wimbledon quarter-finalist was fined $15,000, which will be deducted from the $45,290 (£35,000) prize money cheque he collected from the tournament.

    Tomic told the Herald Sun that he will appeal the fine and that he doesn’t believe it was handed out because he faked an injury during the match, but rather that he confessed he was bored on court at Wimbledon.

    “I was being honest,” he told the Australian paper. “People are saying the fine is for calling for the doctor, but it’s not. I don’t think the fine is fair.”

    Tomic received more bad news on Thursday as he was dropped by his racquet sponsor Head.

    “We were extremely disappointed with the statements made at Wimbledon by one of our sponsored athletes, Bernard Tomic,” read a statement from Head. “His opinions in no way reflect our own attitude for tennis, our passion, professionalism and respect for the game. Therefore, we have decided to discontinue our collaboration with Bernard Tomic.”

    Medvedev, who upset Stan Wawrinka in the first round before losing to Ruben Bemelmans on Wednesday, reacted poorly to his defeat, which ended with him throwing coins at the umpire’s chair.

    The young Russian was slapped with three fines that amount to a total of $14,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct.

    Medvedev apologised in his post-match press conference and said he regretted his actions “straightaway”.

    Full list of fines so far at Wimbledon (as of 16:00 on Thursday July 6):

    Tamara Korpatsch – $1,000 – Audible obscenity

    Polona Hercog – $1,000 – Audible obscenity

    Ivashka Ilya – $800 – Racquet abuse

    Sam Groth – $800 – Racquet abuse

    Benjamin Becker – $1,000 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    Alexander Bublik – $1,000 – Audible obscenity

    Dennis Novikov – $800 – Racquet abuse

    Stefanos Tsitsipas – $1,000 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    Joao Sousa – $2,000 – Audible obscenity

    Facundo Bagnis – $2,000 – Audible obscenity

    Bernard Tomic – $15,000 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    Daniil Medvedev – $4,000 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    Daniil Medvedev – $3,000 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    Daniil Medvedev – $7,500 – Unsportsmanlike conduct

    *CORRECTION: In a previous version, this article stated that the ITF issues the fines. Fines are issued by the Tournament Referee in consultation with the Grand Slam Supervisors.

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