US Open: Bernard Tomic, Fabio Fognini and Steve Johnson fined
Saturday 3 September 2016 11:56, UK
Bernard Tomic has been fined $10,000 by the US Open for a vulgar comment directed at a spectator during his first-round loss.
Fabio Fognini of Italy and Steve Johnson of the U.S. have also been fined $3,000 apiece, it was confirmed on Thursday.
Tomic said after his loss Tuesday that he apologised to the fan afterward for the first-set exchange.
Tomic also said: "He definitely baited me the whole set for me to say that. But I do apologise if there were people around that heard."
He and Fognini were both cited for unsportsmanlike conduct. Johnson was fined under the category of 'abuse of rackets and equipment'.
Fognini was given a point penalty for removing a line judge's sunglasses during a match he wound up winning Tuesday.
Fognini, the husband of 2015 US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, said afterward in Italian to reporters: "They have their rules. Of the four Slams, this, as far as I'm concerned, is the worst for a number of reasons."
