An Iranian tennis player could cop a hefty suspension for an ugly incident involving an umpire on the Pro Circuit in Turkey.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) are investigating Majid Abedini over a "major offence of aggravated behaviour" after video emerged of him chasing an umpire off the court in a qualifying match at Antalya.
The footage, uploaded to YouTube, has already been viewed 112,000 times in less than four days.
The 29-year-old was ruled to have defaulted the match, and has been provisionally suspended pending a further sanction.
"Mr Abedini has been provisionally suspended in accordance with the ITF Welfare Policy and is further subject to an investigation into a possible Player Major Offence of Aggravated Behaviour," an ITF statement read.
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"Following this investigation, any additional sanction will be announced."
