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Tennis star gets fine for making gun gesture to official

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10K fine

He should've strummed his fingers across the webbing and could later claimed he was doing air guitar or something. :roll:
After the review supported Mike Bryan's call, he held his racket in both hands and pointed the handle at a line judge, simulating the barrel of a rifle, the Times reported.

When chair umpire Mariana Alves assessed the penalty, Mike Bryan objected.

"What did I do? Just tell me what I did, real quick," Mike Bryan said.

“The gesture that you did,” Alves said. “You did it to the line umpire and did it to me. You did with your racket like it was a gun. I don’t think that was appropriate.”

According to U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Brendan McIntyre, "The gesture warranted that amount.''

The fine came in the aftermath of a mass shooting Saturday in the Odessa-Midland area of west Texas.

Mike Bryan, 41, a six-time champion in men’s doubles at the Open, apologized in a statement.

“I apologize for any offense I may have caused. We won the point and the gesture was meant to be playful. But given the recent news and political climate, I understand how my gesture could be viewed as insensitive. I promise that I will never do anything like this again,” Mike Bryan said.
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Consider criminal charges?
Now, after fighting the case for more than a year, a Pennsylvania state appeals court has upheld Kirchner’s conviction on the misdemeanor offense, ruling this week that the 64-year-old’s finger-gun pointing “served no legitimate purpose, and recklessly risked provoking a dangerous altercation."
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