Tennis news - Sam Querrey gets suspended $20,000 fine for Covid-19 breach at St Petersburg Open
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Published 30/12/2020 at 20:39 GMT
The ATP has handed Sam Querrey a suspended $20,000 fine after he left the St Petersburg Open on a private jet after reportedly testing positive for Covid-19. Tournament organisers said Querrey was told to isolate in his hotel room but they were unable to reach him and he then flew out of the country in the early hours.
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Sam Querrey has been given a suspended fine of $20,000 after a breach of Covid-19 protocols at the St Petersburg Open in October.
He apparently would not open his hotel door to tournament officials and then departed the country in the early hours of October 13.
A statement from the ATP regarding their investigation said: “The investigation reviewed the full circumstances surrounding the incident and concluded Mr. Querrey’s conduct to be contrary to the integrity of the game under the Player Major Offense provision in the ATP Code of Conduct. As a result, the ATP has issued a fine of US$20,000.
“Taking into consideration Mr. Querrey’s many years of otherwise good standing with the ATP and other mitigating factors, the fine is suspended and will be lifted subject to Mr. Querrey committing no further breaches of health and safety protocols related to Covid-19 within a probationary six-month period.”
Querrey has five days to appeal the decision.
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