Posted on December 3, 2010 - by G Force

Grigor Dimitrov got a $ 2000 fine

Grigor Dimitrov was fined $ 2000 at the Challenger in Helsinki after he “pushed” the umpire of his chair and started cursing at him at the end of the semi-final match against Lithuanian Richard Berankis. An article about the incident was published on the Helsingin Sanomat: “There were hot moments in the Helsinki Challenger when Dimitrov pushed the Austrian referee Daniel Infanger. Dimitrov pushed and bad-mouthed the umpire. The situation had the potential to become worse but an Italian colleague of Infanger went between them.
“The immunity of the umpire is a sacred thing in sports. You can disagree with calls but this was way out of line” said the president of the Finnish umpire’s association Antti Aine, who saw the incident close up.

The Bulgarian got a 2000 dollar fine for the incident and according to tournament supervisor Carmelo Di Dio it is possible that the ATP will give further penalties to Dimitrov.”