Brydan Klein Handed Six Month Ban For Racist Outburst

Australia's Brydan Klein was handed a six month ban from tennis by the ATP for a racist outburst he had made earlier this month in Eastbourne during a match with South African Raven Klaasen.

The ban, which was announced Friday in Sydney (yes, it's already Friday in Sydney), comes on top of a previous $14,000 fine and a suspension from the Australian Institute of Sport.

Klein was immediately apologetic for the incident, a remorsefulness that did little to curry favor for him in the Australian tennis community. Klein had been subjected to previous fines and sanctions for other on court behavior, which Tennis West president Dean West has called "shocking" and "disgraceful."

While he has done nothing to match this latest Klein incident, Bernard Tomic, the other prominent Aussie up-and-comer on the men's side, is also known for a terrible temperment and on-court tirades. It may hardly be a coincidence, given that this generation of Australians would be the ones who grew up moulding themselves after Lleyton Hewitt...