At Madrid Open 2023, Hugo Gaston had to stop in the second round. After surpassing Jeremy Chardy in the opening match, the French player received a defeat of 3-6, 3-6 against Borna Coric and said goodbye to the tournament.
Although Madrid Open ended nearly a month ago, the name Hugo Gaston recently appeared on the newspaper in a unexpected way. The L'Equipe newspaper reported that this 108th -class player in the world had to receive a penalty from the professional men's tennis Association (ATP). The reason came from his bad co -play in the match against Coric.
Accordingly, at the end of Set 1, Coric is leading 5-3 and has 2 break-point in game 9. At the time this player won the Advantage (advantage) and prepared to have a point to win the set point, Gaston tried to push a ball in his pocket to fall into the yard. The French star did so for the referee to perform the serve again, because on the pitch was not allowed to have 2 balls at the same time while the players were playing.
This moment was captured by the camera. Gaston even signaled the referee to know the ball in his pocket. However, the intention of this player was unsuccessful. Coric then won 6-3, 6-3 to continue in the third round.
Initially, the fine that ATP offered to Gaston was 155,000 USD (equivalent to 3.6 billion). However, according to the latest information, he had successfully appealed and was reduced by half of the fine, to 77,500 USD (1.8 billion). The condition is that this player is not allowed to violate additional errors in the next 1 year.
Gaston used to be an expanded Australian young champion in the men's double content. The highest rank he ever achieved was the 58th position in the ATP rankings in 2021. However, 2023 was a really more difficult season for this 22 -year -old player when he only won 2 victories at ATP Tour.
