Player who took photo of ball mark during French Open match, Sergiy Stakhovsky, fined $2,000

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Ukraine\'s Sergiy Stakhovsky takes a picture with his smart phone after contesting the decision of the umpire to call the ball in, in his first round match against Richard Gasquet of France at the French Open tennis tournament, in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

PARIS – The player who used his phone to snap a photo of a ball mark during a French Open match has been fined $2,000 (about 1,500 euros).

Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine was cited for unsportsmanlike conduct for setting aside his racket and taking a picture of the spot in the red clay where a shot landed near a line in his 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 loss to seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet at Roland Garros.

The penalty was listed Thursday among other fines of players at the Grand Slam tournament. The match was Monday.

Stakhovsky said he spoke to a tennis official in the hope of avoiding losing some of his prize money. But he wound up getting docked about 7 per cent of the roughly $27,000 (21,000 euros) he earned as a first-round loser.

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