American tennis legend Mike Bryan has been fined $10,000 (£8,200) for pretending to shoot a line judge with his racquet.
The doubles specialist – a six-time US Open champion – was handed a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct for his actions in a win alongside his brother Bob over Federico Delbonis and Roberto Carballes Baena and has now apologised for his actions.
In the backend of the second set, a lob from Delbonis was called in but upon a challenge from Mike Bryan, it was shown to be out.
Once he saw Hawk-Eyes decision, Bryan turned his racquet around simulating a rifle, looked down the imaginary sight and pretended to shoot the line judge responsible for not calling the ball out.
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Bryan then pointed his finger at chair umpire Mariana Alves and the line judge beefore shaking his head, with Alves handing him a code violation.
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At the time, Bryan pretended to be the innocent party, asking: Just tell me what I did real quick? What was the gesture?
Alves responded: The gesture that you did. You did it to the line umpire and did it to me. You did with your racquet like it was a gun. I dont think that was appropriate.
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