American tennis player Sam Querrey was handed a suspended US$20,000 (A$26,000) fine by the ATP tour on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) for breaching coronavirus protocols at the St. Petersburg Open in October.<\/p>\n
Querrey left Russia on a private plane after testing positive for COVID-19, despite having been placed in isolation by local authorities.<\/p>\n
The ATP said its investigation into the incident concluded that Querrey's conduct was "contrary to the integrity of the game."<\/p>\n
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However, the fine will be lifted if the 33-year-old Querrey does not commit any further violations of health and safety protocols related to COVID-19 during a six-month probationary period.<\/p>\n
The ATP said it took Querrey's "many years of otherwise good standing with the ATP and other mitigating factors" into consideration when deciding on a suspended fine.<\/p>\n
Leading tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg has been covering the story closely and tweeted that the ATP had set a "pretty incredible precedence of lenience."<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/1344360383671373826?s=20<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/1344360947578757124?s=20<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenRothenberg\/status\/1344363153711390726?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Many tennis fans on social media were similarly unimpressed, and questioned whether other players, including Australia's Nick Kyrgios, would have got off so lightly.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmettErvin\/status\/1344389331507703813?s=20<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuiSousaSinger\/status\/1344446589381840896?s=20<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/drivevolleys\/status\/1344366373527375872?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n It means Querrey will be allowed to play in the Australian Open, which starts three weeks later than usual on on February 8.<\/a><\/p>\n Tournament organisers have revised the schedule and playing conditions in striving to deliver a COVID-19 safe event.<\/p>\n "Health and safety will continue to be paramount as we navigate the challenges ahead, and I want to thank everyone involved for their commitment to finding solutions to launch our 2021 season," ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said.<\/p>\n American tennis player Sam Querrey was handed a suspended US$20,000 (A$26,000) fine by the ATP tour on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) for breaching coronavirus protocols at […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15984,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15977\/revisions\/15984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"TA's](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2020\/12\/330258\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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