Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open on Wednesday after smashing his racket against the base of the umpire’s chair.

Mikael Ymer's disagreement with the chair umpire during his round of 16 Lyon Open match against Arthur Fils led to a disqualification after he smashed his racket into the chair.

LYON, France — Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified after slamming his racket into the umpire's chair during a match at the Lyon Open on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Ymer was upset ...

That led to an extended conversation between Ymer and the umpire, in which the 24-year-old argued that in a match the previous day, Richard Gasquet had requested a mark be checked in a similar ...

With the win, Ymer is into his first ATP-level quarterfinal. Ranked 157th, he turned pro in 2014 and, coming into this tournament, hadn’t won a main-draw match all season.

Before any matches were played, Elias Ymer didn’t hesitate to say Sweden could succeed at the Davis Cup Finals despite being one of the lowest-ranked nations in the competition. Top-ranked ...

Swedish player Mikael Ymer was disqualified after slamming his racket into the umpire's chair during a match at the Lyon Open.

Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open on Wednesday after smashing his racket against the base of the umpire’s chair.