Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open due to an incident that occurred during his round-of-16 match against France’s Arthur Fils. Ymer became angry after the umpire, Rogerio Santos, declined to inspect a ball mark on the clay court, despite it being a common practice in such situations. Ymer believed the ball had gone out and expressed his frustration to Santos.

Fils took advantage of the situation and broke Ymer’s serve, leading the match 6-5. In response, Ymer struck his racket against the umpire’s chair twice, causing the racket head to separate from the handle. As a result of the incident, a tournament official disqualified Ymer. However, despite the setback, Ymer showed sportsmanship by approaching Fils to offer his congratulations. Fils went on to win the match and advance to face top seed Félix Auger Aliassime.

It’s worth mentioning that a similar incident involving German player Alexander Zverev occurred at the Mexican Open the previous year. Zverev received an eight-week suspended ban and a $25,000 fine for repeatedly striking the umpire’s chair with his racket during a doubles match. In addition, he was ejected from the singles tournament, fined an additional $40,000, forfeited the $31,570 in prize money he had earned, and lost all ATP Rankings points from the event.