Just two days earlier, Kyrgios had received a fine from the ATP for a $25,000 penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct in the previous Indian Wells quarter-finals. Subsequently, foreign netizens who watched the hilarity and did not feel big sorted out the full record of his career fines, totaling 291366 US dollars. Details are as follows:
2022: Indian Wells Masters $25,000; Australian Open $10,000
2019: Cincinnati Masters $113,000; Rome Masters $20,000
2018: Queen's Cup $17,500; Australian Open $3,000
2017: Shanghai Masters $31,085; US Open $5,500
2016: Shanghai Masters $16,500; Wimbledon $8,690; French Open $6,200; Australian Open $4,370
2015: Wimbledon $13,095; Montreal Masters $12,500; Australian Open $4,926
With so many numbers listed, what is the concept for Kyrgios himself? Kyrgios has so far won more than $9.5 million in career prize money, and the fines are about 3 percent of the total prize money. After beating Fognini in the early hours of this morning to reach the round of 16, he can receive a prize of $94,575 (or $54,400 if he stops in the round of 32), which means that the game won today has made more than $40,000 net, enough to offset the fines so far this year.
In fact, fines have been a common occurrence on the tour over the years, and Kyrgios is just a typical example of many cases. At every major tournament, the list of fines announced by the tournament side is a long list, many of which are famous players. Even Federer, whose elegant image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, has been fined for his bad words. For the vast majority of professional players, it seems that a career without a fine is incomplete (here manual dog head). Some time ago, Zverev was fined only $25,000 for smashing the referee's bench in Acapulco, and his 8-week suspension (suspended for one year) caused a hot discussion. Many people believe that this is a direct threat to the personal safety of referees, and such a fine amount and suspended sentence are completely painless to big-name players. There are also fans who call for atP to take more severe punitive measures such as direct bans and kill chickens and monkeys.
Putting aside the rules and regulations of ATP, it is not uncommon for tennis wrestling, swearing and other violations of sportsmanship, and the objective reason is that it has something to do with the particularity of the sport of tennis. The average time of a tennis match is long beyond other individual sports, not only challenging the physical limits, but also a severe test of the player's willpower. Singles players must play alone, unlike table tennis, badminton and other sports have coach guidance, give players reassurance pills, negative emotions on the field need to be discharged alone, and moments of collapse are inevitable. In addition, the more you are in the big game, the more often this kind of thing happens. Perhaps because of the huge prize money in the big game, for the players who play the deep round, they lose a few key goals, not only the game, the honor, but also directly lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in high prize money! Many players with hot tempers on the field may be very easy-going "good guys" in life, but when they arrive on the field, they are like a completely changed person. Although the famous players have made a lot of money and honors, people often care more about what they have lost than what they have already gained. That's why the runner-up is the most lost person in competitive sports. This feeling of being a millimeter of difference and losing a thousand miles is the most maddening to the highly competitive players. The competition of competitive sports is cruel, it does not allow players to be satisfied with the status quo, because once satisfied with the status quo, the reality is that they often cannot maintain the status quo, and they are put on the top by the latecomers, far behind, swallowing the bitter fruit of defeat in front of the world's audience, so the strong personality makes the players make irrational moves when they are unhappy. In contrast, a career model like Nadal is hard to come by. In addition to the players themselves, many spectators who watch the hilarity are also changing the unhealthy trend of helping each other. In the comments section of the wrestling highlights video, everyone seems to be keen to discuss which player has the most handsome wrestling posture...
Of course, by saying all this, I am not excusing a player who makes a mistake. They deserve to pay for their mistakes and the bad effects they cause. Many netizens complained that ATP's punishment of players is too loose, and the cost of players making mistakes is too low, so naturally there is no fear. These comments are valid, but if you think about it, ATP also has bitterness. If you want to increase the amount of fines, you have to consider low-ranking players. The income gap between low-ranking players and high-ranking players is huge, and some even can't make ends meet, leaving them without the capital to vent their emotions. The same amount of fines is not painful for high-ranking players, and it may be ruined for low-ranking players! Everyone is equal before the rules, and although the ATP has discretion in the situation and impact of different players, it is obviously unreasonable for the same mistake to take a significantly different penalty, and the player does not accept it in the first place. If the penalty is imposed according to a certain proportion of the prize money stipulated in the event level or the corresponding round, this method will be more humane, but it will also lead to the contradictory situation that the nature of the violation of the rules is the same, and the cost of making a mistake is very different. As for the direct ban, it is a strong way to regulate violations, and strict rules and regulations may be able to curb this phenomenon. But is it really reasonable that, without causing personal injury, the player's act of venting his emotions under pressure and taking banned drugs, which fundamentally undermines the fairness of competition, pay the same price?
From the perspective of the ATP, establishing a system of suspension and probation is the best way to think of at present. The ban is a devastating blow to the player individual, and the ban on the star player is also a loss to the ATP. ATP is not a charity, they have to find a balance between the market value brought by players and the benign development of the sport, after all, it is easy to destroy stars, but it is difficult to make stars! The combination of fines and suspensions is intended to strengthen the restraint of "problem players" on their own behavior, while opening up to them and showing the humanitarian spirit. Here hurt ATP for three seconds, they are also broken hearts! (Source: Tennis House Author: Wenwen)