As a result of attacking an umpire at the Challenger in Helsinki last FridayGrigor Dimitrov has been charged €2000 and may expect other punishments. The Bulgarianis reported to have attacked umpire Daniel Infanger away from the court after the semifinal loss to Richard Berankis. The director of the competition said that the Association of Tennis Professional could yet impose a more severe punishment on the Bulgarian player after examining the case.

Antti Aine, the President of the Finnish umpire's association, said extremely critically:"The immunity of the umpire is a sacred thing in sports. You can disagree with calls but this was way out of line”.
Although Grigor almost secured his stright main draw entry of Australian Open by reaching No 106 of the ATP ranking a suspension could possibly endanger Dimitrov’s place.