<p class="title">American doubles player Mike Bryan was fined $10,000 by the US Open on Sunday for his using racquet his to make a shooting gesture at a line judge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bryan, playing alongside twin brother Bob, held his racquet upside down and pointed it towards the official after successfully challenging an incorrect call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chair umpire Mariana Alves issued a code violation against Mike Bryan for unsportsmanlike conduct.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bryan brothers, winners of 16 Grand Slam doubles titles as a team, went on to win the second-round match 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 against Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain and Argentina's Federico Delbonis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the highest fine received by a male player so far at this year's tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I apologize for any offense I may have caused. We won the point and the gesture was meant to be playful," Bryan said in a statement cited by the New York Times.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But given the recent news and political climate I understand how my gesture could be viewed as insensitive. I promise that I will never do anything like this again."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven people were killed in Texas on Saturday in the latest of several mass shootings to occur in the United States this year.</p>
<p class="title">American doubles player Mike Bryan was fined $10,000 by the US Open on Sunday for his using racquet his to make a shooting gesture at a line judge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bryan, playing alongside twin brother Bob, held his racquet upside down and pointed it towards the official after successfully challenging an incorrect call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chair umpire Mariana Alves issued a code violation against Mike Bryan for unsportsmanlike conduct.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bryan brothers, winners of 16 Grand Slam doubles titles as a team, went on to win the second-round match 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 against Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain and Argentina's Federico Delbonis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is the highest fine received by a male player so far at this year's tournament.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I apologize for any offense I may have caused. We won the point and the gesture was meant to be playful," Bryan said in a statement cited by the New York Times.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But given the recent news and political climate I understand how my gesture could be viewed as insensitive. I promise that I will never do anything like this again."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven people were killed in Texas on Saturday in the latest of several mass shootings to occur in the United States this year.</p>