TURSUNOV DEFAULTED

Russian Dmitry Tursunov has been kicked out of the Nottingham Open grass-court tournament after storming off court in a doubles match.

The ATP confirmed on Wednesday that sixth seed Tursunov had been withdrawn from his scheduled second-round singles match against Swede Thomas Johansson.

Tursunov was defaulted from the doubles on Tuesday when he and South African partner Chris Haggard were trailing 6-4 3-1 to Italian pairing Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi.

The Russian had disputed a line call and then walked off court, breaking ATP rules which state no player can leave the court without the consent of the umpire.

"The ATP rulebook states that at the discretion of the supervisor, one or both players may be withdrawn from all other events, if any, in that tournament," an ATP statement said.

"After reviewing the situation the ATP supervisor has withdrawn Dmitry Tursunov from the singles tournament."

Johansson will receive a walkover into the quarter-finals while Tursunov, who is the 25th seed at next week's Wimbledon, will lose his prize money and can expect a fine of up to $5,000.