Gaston fined

He needed a guinea pig. His name is Hugo Gaston. Believing that the sanctions were too light before, the ATP decided to review its regulations. The Toulousain would have paid the first price, according to our colleagues from The team. Thus, the daily tells us this Monday that Gaston was fined a large fine during the Madrid tournament a few weeks ago. The reason ? Gaston would have shown anti-game, and since it was not the first time, it would have been considered a repeat offense. Result: the addition amounts to 144,000 dollars, or 133,000 euros, for a player who has totaled less gain (117,361) than the amount of the fine in question since the start of the season. The Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui, who now trains the ex-protege of Marc Barbier has not confirmed anything yet. The team recalls, however, the facts that would have earned Gaston to be punished.

The targeted match dates back to April 28 against Borna Coric in the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000. That day, the eighth finalist at Roland-Garros three years ago was corrected (6-3, 6-3) by the Croatian. But, above all, during this meeting, the Frenchman had dropped a ball from his pocket on a smash from his opponent, probably to obtain the right to replay the point. The team affirms in fact that Gaston would have voluntarily made this gesture. For the ATP, which reviewed the exchange in question before making its decision, it is clearly a gesture of characterized anti-play, and it is worth a sanction, especially in view of the new regulations.

Gaston already warned for anti-play last season

The body would have remained at the first fine that it wished to impose on our representative if the latter had not already been warned, at the end of last season, for similar facts, according to The team. The ATP therefore considered that it deserved to be strongly amended. “The player is liable to a fine of up to $20,000 for ATP Challenger Tour tournaments, $30,000 for ATP Tour 250 tournaments, $40,000 for ATP Tour 500 tournaments and $60,000 for ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, for each violation. The maximum fine will be increased by 100% for each consecutive violation during the same calendar year (…) In flagrant circumstances and particularly detrimental to the success of a tournament, or in particularly serious cases, the ATP supervisor may submit the matter to the ATP Fines Committee who will conduct an investigation to determine whether the major infraction of aggravated behavior or conduct contrary to the integrity of the game was committed by the player, ”reads the point of the new regulation, which essentially differs by the only ones it presents to each category depending on the severity of the act. Hugo Gaston, propelled into the Roland-Garros table at the cost of numerous packages, will not be able to say that he did not know.