On the second day of the capital tournament, Argentina’s Renzo Olivo was eliminated for his complaints and actions in front of the chair umpire. Risk a million dollar fine.
Special week for national tennis, since it is time for the Santiago Challenger, the first of many tournaments in this category organized in the country. An event where Tomás Barrios, Matías Soto and Joao Fonseca presented themselves (all eliminated in the first round) but which made the news yesterday for a match which was played on the secondary field of Club Manquehue.
It was about the engagement between the Brazilian Orlando Luz (373rd ATP) and Argentinian Renzo Olivo (286th ), former 78th in the world. The South Americans were playing the third match of the second set, when a series of situations led the organization to disqualify the trans-Andean player, who now faces a fine of up to $10,000.
Olivo had lost the first set 3-6 and was 1-1 in the second, serving with a break point against. The critical situation led the Rosario player to opt for a serve and a net to equalize the actions, but it was precisely during the volley that the judge ended the point, since he considered that the player had touched the net with his racket. He takes the “touch” and gives the point to Luz, thus finalizing the breakup.
“Noooo” shouted the Argentinian, totally upset by the charge of Rafael Maia, referee of the match. He threw the racket to the ground then attacked the judge directly: “He accused me of touching, he’s a criminal “he added. For this he received two warnings for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The worst would come later, because when Olivo headed towards his bench, he took advantage of the proximity of the referee with kick the chair from which he was directing the game . This decision was fatal, since Maia called the tournament supervisor, who evaluated the player’s behavior and opted for his disqualification.
The duel thus ended and Olivo will now receive different sanctions. The first is that He would not be able to participate in the doubles table where he was registered with New Zealander Rubin Statham. and moreover, he will not receive the monetary prize corresponding to his participation in Santiago. As if all this wasn’t enough, you could also receive a fine from the ATP for your actions, which can reach a maximum of 10,000 dollars, or almost 10 million pesos.
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