Dzumhur, disqualified for threatening to kill the chair umpire

The Bosnian tennis player Damir Dzumhur has been disqualified from Acapulco tournament (Mexico), ATP 500 category and contested on hard court, after threaten the chair umpire with death of the second round match of the qualifying phase that he played against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp.

With 5-5 on the scoreboard in the first set, the Balkan, number 125 in the world, he hit a ball that appeared to go in, but the umpire signaled that it had bounced out. Dzumhur angrily questioned the decision by dropping his racket and approaching the chair umpire, and received a penalty point (6-5).

The action continued, but the game stopped at the moment when the Bosnian directed an 'I'll kill you' -'I'll kill you'- to the chair umpire, for which you received a second penalty. He was then disqualified and the match was won by Van de Zandschulp, number 149 in the ATP rankings.