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Kyrgios banned for 8 weeks, less if he sees psychologist

16 October 2016

Nick Kyrgios hit new lows in Shanghai where last week he practically refused to compete during his match against Misha Zverev. Things got even worse in the following press conference where he clearly stated that he didn’t care about the spectators.

The Australian was already fined a total of $16,500, and now he receives an additional fine of US$ 25,000. Furthermore, Nick is suspended for eight weeks (17 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017), but the ban can be reduced to three weeks if he “enters a plan of care under the direction of a Sports Psychologist”.

Kyrgios will not skip the Australian Open that will start the 17^th of January.

The statement

Here the full statement

“Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game.’

The offense means that Kyrgios receives an additional fine of US$ 25,000, and is suspended from ATP tournaments for eight tournament weeks, effective from today, Monday 17 October, 2016, through to Sunday 15 January, 2017.

However, the suspension will be reduced to three tournament weeks upon agreement that the player enters a plan of care under the direction of a Sports Psychologist, or an equivalent plan approved by ATP, meaning Kyrgios could regain eligibility to compete on the ATP World Tour or Challenger Tour from Monday 7 November, 2016.

Kyrgios had already been fined a total of US$ 16,500 for breaches of the ATP Code of Conduct by the ATP Supervisors on-site in Shanghai. He received the on-site maximum fine of US$ 10,000 for violations of the Best Efforts provision in the Code, as well as a US$ 5,000 fine for Verbal Abuse of a Spectator, and a US$ 1,500 fine for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

Today’s announcement completes the ATP’s investigation into this matter which, following the conclusion of the on-site process, included further review of the match, as well as comments made during Kyrgios’ post-match press conference.”