David Nalbandian, Julien Benneteau and Marcos Baghdatis Receive Penalties from Australian Open 2012
David Nalbandian was fined $8,000 for his outburst on Friday where he threw water at a staff member at the Australian Open. The incident happened in his match against John Isner and frankly I can easily see why he got upset!
Nalbandian commented about his penalty and said, “ridiculous playing this kind of tournament with this kind of umpires.”
Other penalties included:
Julien Benneteau’s $2,500 penalty for verbal abuse is the next highest.
Marcos Baghdatis was fined $1,250 for smashing four rackets on Wednesday.
Overall, I think Baghdatis got the best out of the penalties, it could have been a lot worse! Additionally, it got him a huge amount of press!
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Nalbandian’s situation would have angered Mr. Rogers. He got screwed. I would have fined Baghdatis $20000 because he embarrassed himself and the game. I have lost my respect for Baghdatis after this juvenile behavior. I will think it odd that he makes the sign of the Cross after he plays and yet he behaves so offensively. Very poor form.