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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; David Ferrer struggled in the quaterfinals against Tomas Berdych. (WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MELBOURNE, Australia -- Is David Ferrer prime for a fine?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A frustrated and dejected Ferrer, en route to a 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, shoved a line judge so he could put his towel down after wiping off in between points. Under the rules, the No. 3 seed could face a fine of up to $20,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"It was nothing,\" Ferrer said after the match. \"I have\u00A0the towel there. It was nervous moment, but\u00A0nothing. I said to him excuse me after that.\u00A0Nothing special.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's a GIF of the shove.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Grand Slam rulebook prohibits players from physically abusing officials, and it defines \"physical abuse\" as \"the unauthorized touching\" of an official. I don't know, that sure looks like unauthorized touching to me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it's not the first time he's done it:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Ca_Nzjzuw&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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