Over the course of three games at the French Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas and his brother accrue £18k in penalties.
During their stay at the French Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas and his brother Petros received several penalties.
Following their elimination from the French Open, Stefanos and Petros Tsitsipas were fined a combined £18,000 ($23,000).
In both singles and doubles, Stefanos advanced to the quarterfinals; in the latter, he partnered with his younger brother.
Additionally, during the course of three separate games, the two got five code violations—all related to coaching—with a fee associated with each warning.
Even though it’s now legal to coach from the stands, the Tsitsipas brothers were nonetheless in violation for speaking with a coach in an improper manner. Stefanos and After defeating the reigning champions Austin Krajicek and Ivan Dodig in their doubles match in the second round, Petros was fined £1,900 ($2,500) each.
Following a further coaching infraction during his quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz, which he lost in straight sets, the world No. 9 in singles was fined £6,300 ($8,000). And for their third-round doubles match, the two brothers were given an additional bill.
They were each fined £3,900 ($5,000) for the incident. Despite winning the match, they were defeated by Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, the eventual winners, in the following round.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has been in trouble before for infractions related to coaching. His father’s chatting during a time when contact was prohibited is infamous for causing a blow-up in the Australian Open semifinal of 2022.
Daniil Medvedvev, who was facing the 25-year-old, yelled at the umpire after claiming that Apostolos Tsitsipas was mentoring his kid from his box. An odd sting operation was launched as a result, with a Greek-speaking official listening in under the bleachers.
Tsitsipas applauded the regulation change when the tours started using coaching from the stands in the middle of 2022; the trial period eventually turned into a permanent fixture. “It has always been there for every player,” the 11-time champion stated at the time.
“It ought to have been approved thousands of years ago. It is not natural, in my opinion, to be penalized for coaching. Authorization involves all participants in the sport. It makes it possible for the coaches to carry out their primary duty. To tell the truth, it didn’t it didn’t change anything for me.
