Tennis just imposed for the first time ever a fine to one of the top ranked players for “not trying hard enough” during a match. Here is the full story:
Davydenko Fined for Not Trying in Loss
AP
Posted: 2007-10-26 18:35:32
Filed Under: Tennis
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Oct. 26) – Nikolay Davydenko, already at the center of a betting investigation, was fined $2,000 for lack of effort a loss at the St. Petersburg Open.
The ATP said Friday the fourth-ranked Russian was fined for lack of “best effort” in his 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss Thursday to Marin Cilic.The top-seeded Davydenko won the first set in 27 minutes, but drew a rebuke from chair umpire Jean-Philippe Dercq in the third set. Davydenko double-faulted four times in the second set and six times in the third.
“When I made a double-fault, he gave me a notice for a wrong behavior on the court as if I was throwing the match,” Davydenko said Thursday after the match. “I was surprised. I’ve never heard anything like this before. No matter how I’d played, no matter what had happen to me, I was never given such a notice.”
Davydenko said during the exchange, Dercq asked him about his condition. Davydenko first said there was nothing wrong, but later said the problem was in his legs.”
He could not solve my problem anyway, that why I first told him I was OK, but I didn’t play the way I did in the first set. That’s why he gave me a notice,” Davydenko said. “Later I told him that my legs have collapsed. I could not move.”
Here is the rest of the story. What do you think of this decision?
its ridiculous but true! i guess in a near future chess and other sports will benefit from it,
Kramnik better watch out! His 13 move draw at the world championships might earn him a ‘fine’!
lol
Too bad the crooked Russian GM’s who played Fischer werent fined for their pre-arranged draws to put all the pressure on Bobby.
Sad but true I guess. Drugs and match fixing are the bane of sports today.
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I’m baffled.