Heather Watson fined after jamming racket into turf at Wimbledon

The British number two made a disappointing exit from Wimbledon.
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Viktor Troicki has been fined $10,000 for his remarkable outburst at Wimbledon, but a heavier punishment has gone to Britain's Heather Watson.

The British number two jammed her racket into the grass during her heartbreaking first-round loss to Germany's Annika Beck and has been ordered to pay $12,000 (approximately £9,000), tournament organisers said.

Defending women's champion Serena Williams was handed a $10,000 fine (approximately £7,500) for smashing her racket after losing the first set to Christina McHale on Friday and then throwing it behind her, where it landed on the lap of a cameraman.

Troicki launched one of the most extraordinary rants ever heard at Wimbledon with a sustained volley of abuse at umpire Damiano Torella during his second-round loss to Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

The Serbian was furious after Torella over-ruled a Ramos-Vinolas serve that had been called out, giving the Spaniard match point.

Troicki grabbed the ball out of a ball boy's hand and demanded Torella look at it for signs of 'chalk'. After losing the next point and the match, he continued to harangue the umpire, calling him "the worst ever umpire in the world".

An unrepentant Troicki said afterwards: "He should be the one who is fined, he cost me. I behaved well. I didn't do anything until that moment.

"He doesn't have experience on such a surface and in such a match.

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"He's not able to do a proper job, so I told him that. I was just boiling at that stage. I just couldn't talk normally."

Williams was fully expecting a dent in her prize money following her racket abuse.

She said: "It's definitely a fine. I was just really, really, really angry.

"I've cracked a number of rackets throughout my career. I've gotten fined a number of times for cracking rackets.

"In fact, I look at it like I didn't crack one at the French Open or Rome, so I was doing really good. I don't want to go too long without cracking a racket."

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Australian Nick Kyrgios has been fined after both his matches and his 4,000 dollar (£3,000) punishment for an audible obscenity during Friday's second-round win over Dustin Brown took his tally to $6,500 (£4,900).

Britain's Dan Evans, meanwhile, has been fined $2,000 (£1,500) for an audible obscenity during his first-round win over Jan-Lennard Struff.

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