Tennis player fined â¹11 lakh for smashing 3 racquets in match
French tennis player Benoit Paire has been fined $16,500 (â¹11.3 lakh) for smashing three racquets during his Washington Open match against Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis on Tuesday. The world number 55 smashed his racquet after failing to break Baghdatis in last set. He then kicked his chair before smashing another racquet into the ground and smashed the third racquet after losing.