Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 10/7/15 Men's Singles - Umpire Mohamed Lahyani during the semi final match Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Tony O'Brien Livepic
(Reuters) - The Swedish chair umpire who gave a pep talk to Australian Nick Kyrgios during a U.S. Open match this year has been suspended without pay for two weeks, the ATP Tour said on Tuesday.
Mohamed Lahyani got down from his chair to offer some words of encouragement to Kyrgios, who was a set and a break down to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert during a second-round clash in New York nearly three weeks ago.
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