Video: David Nalbandian kicks line judge during Queens Club final, gets disqualified

Argentine tennis player David Nalbandian might find himself more than £40,000 out of pocket after he was disqualified from the Queen’s Club Final for kicking advertising hording at a line judge.

The match was two sets old when Nalbandian, after missing a shot, lashed out in frustration and kicked an advertising board in front of line judge Andrew McDougal which left the official with a bloodied left shin.   

Nalbandian apologised for his actions, but was disqualified for unsporting behaviour, losing out on his £36,500 prize money with the possibility of a £6,400 fine to come, too.   

'I am sorry to do that. Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake,” he said in a post-match interview.

'It is a tough moment to end a final like that. It is a mistake and I have to pay for that. Everybody makes mistakes.’

His opponent Marian Cilic was awarded the match.   

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