AO 2009: Players fined

[janie]

from Wertheim:

OUT OF POCKET: Dmitry Tursunov and Nicole Vaidisova of Czech Republic lead the list of players fined through the first four days of the Australian Open.

Tursunov, the California-based Russian, was fined $3,000 for racket and verbal abuse during his first-round loss. Vaidisova was fined $2,000 for not showing up for a mandatory post-match press conference following her first-round loss.

[janie]

18 men & only Deadisova among the women have been fined so far.

more details & other fines, c/p'd from various media sources:

Russia's Dmitry Tursunov has copped the heftiest dent to his wallet in the first five days, being fined $500 for racket abuse and another $2,500 for verbal abuse.
Both fines stemmed from the 29th seed's first round loss to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla.

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt received the next highest penalty after he received a $1,500 fine for verbal abuse in his first-round defeat by Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.

Croat Roko Karanusic's wallet is a $1,000 dollars lighter after letting slip an audible obscenity.

The most prolific offender, however, has been American Ryan Sweeting , who lost in the final round of qualifying to Algeria's Lamine Ouahab . He received three separate fines totaling $1,000 for racket and verbal abuse.

Other players misbehaving include Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, Serb Janko Tipsarevic, and Argentina's David Nalbandian.

The ITF has fined players a total of $12,250 so far, with the money being channelled back into its Grand Slam development fund.

[steph1]

I guess Serena will be out of pocket a grand or so for her F-bomb today!