Sports · Withdrawal rulesVan Assche Stockholm withdrawal: He says he must travel or risk a fineDiffusé 9 novembre 2026 à 08:08 UTCRegarderTranscription0:07Luca Van Ashe withdrew from Stockholm, then waited at an airport for a flight there.0:11The French player says missing the withdrawal deadline means he still needs to0:15appear in Sweden or risk a substantial fine.0:17His competitive season has ended, but the withdrawal process has left him preparing0:21for another international trip.0:23What does he need to do to avoid the threatened penalty?0:25Van Ashe was waiting at Paris Charles Gaulle Airport on November eighth.0:29He just finished his best run at the Paris Masters, and he said he needed to travel0:33to Stockholm to complete his withdrawal in person.0:35He'd originally entered Stockholm's ATP two hundred and fifty event, then decided to0:39pull out after his Paris run.0:41He explained that he'd made that decision too late to avoid the extra procedure.0:45Thursday was the cutoff he said he'd needed to meet.0:47Van Ashe said, I have to go to Stockholm to withdraw on site.0:51I withdrew late.0:52I had to decide before Thursday.0:53Otherwise, I get a big fine.0:55He was describing the requirement he understood himself to face.0:58He was still playing in Paris when that Thursday cut-off arrived.1:01He competed in the round of sixteen that day, and his run continued into the1:05weekend.1:06The decision about the following week's tournament overlapped with the biggest1:08masters event breakthrough of his career.1:10Thursday was November5.1:12Ben Shelton beat Van Ashe in the Paris semi-final on November7 th.1:16By November8, Stockholm's opening day.1:18Van Asche was explaining why withdrawing still left him preparing to travel.1:21The trip's purpose was medical verification by Stockholm's official tournament1:25doctor.1:26The withdrawal process also calls for notifying the ATP supervisor.1:29That examination requirement doesn't tell us why Van Asher withdrew, and he hasn't1:33identified a specific injury behind the decision.1:36The possible fine is reportedly up to ten thousand dollars for a main draw entrant1:40who doesn't attend the on site examination.1:42That's about nine thousand euros.1:44No fine against Van Ashe has been confirmed.1:47That possible amount depends on the main draw condition.1:50His precise draw status when he withdrew hasn't been confirmed.1:53His account explains why he believed he needed to travel.1:55It doesn't settle which ATP provision or exception applied to him.1:59Stockholm's tournament runs from November eight th through the fourteenth.2:02Van Ashe had ended his competitive season rather than starting another tournament2:05week.2:06His airport remarks described an intended journey, so they don't confirm that he2:09arrived in Sweden.2:10At twenty-two, Van Ash had reached his first master's one thousand semifinal.2:15He became the twelfth French player to reach the last four at the Paris event.2:18He entered that week ranked forty-seventh.2:21After a season that had already brought his first ATP title, Van Ash fell to world2:25number two hundred and thirty, eight during a difficult twenty twenty-five, with2:29injuries and lost confidence.2:31In twenty twenty-six, he won his first ATP title at Esteril in July, then reached2:36the Paris semifinals.2:37His next ranking goal is number thirty, two, aiming for a seating at January's2:41Australian Open.2:42But his final task after Paris was completing the Stockholm withdrawal process.2:47Nobody has confirmed whether he completed the examination or received a fine.Chronologie de l’histoireHeyDex
