Angry British tennis star to lose half his Wimbledon earnings over verbal abuse incident
The defending men’s doubles champion has been hit in the pocket but he is coming out fighting
Henry Patten will lose nearly half his Wimbledon earnings unless he wins an appeal against the biggest fine of the tournament so far.
The defending men’s doubles champion has been hit with a $12,500 (£9,202) fine for verbal abuse of Wimbledon staff before the tournament.
Colchester-born Patten and his Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara lost in the quarter-finals yesterday to British duo Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash 6-4 4-6 7-6. They each earn £43,750 for reaching the last eight but that will be cut in half by tax. Asked about the fine, No.2 seed Patten (below) said: “I’m appealing it. That’s all I have to say. I’m appealing that decision.
“Am I confident I will win? I don’t know. I really have no idea.”
Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski lost 7-6 7-6 to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in a repeat of their defeat in the French Open final.
But Londoner Salisbury still has the chance of a first Wimbledon title, and a record-equalling seventh Grand Slam title, in today’s mixed doubles final.
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