Mohamed Lahyani, the Swedish chair umpire who gave an on-court pep talk to Nick Kyrgios during a match at this year’s United States Open, has been suspended without pay for two weeks by the ATP Tour because of the incident.
Lahyani, one of tennis’s leading umpires, came down from his chair with Kyrgios trailing by a set and a break of serve in his second-round match with Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Aug. 30.
“I want to help you,” Lahyani said to Kyrgios, the unpredictable Australian star who has been fined and suspended for lack of effort in the past.