Roland Garros and the French Tennis Federation on Monday hit Adolfo Daniel Vallejo with a $65,000 fine for his remarks about the woman who umpired his second-round defeat at the French Open.
After he lost to French 17-year-old Moïse Kouamé in a fifth-set tiebreak on Thursday, Vallejo, a Paraguayan, told tennis website Clay that Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho had not been strong enough in the face of fan support for the local player.
"A fine of 65,000 dollars has been imposed, roughly half of his prize money," tournament director Amélie Mauresmo told a press briefing on Monday.
Players eliminated in the second round of the men's singles receive €130,000.
"This is clearly something that is unacceptable to us, to the tournament, and to the Federation even beyond the tournament. This kind of language has no place here," Mauresmo said.
