Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina took to social networks to support her compatriot Andrei Rublev after he was disqualified due to the scandal with the referee in the ATP-500 tournament match in Dubai.
“So you can disqualify a player and take away his points and prize money without even checking the video replay? What a joke. Another proof that we need VAR in tennis and an electronic signal line for all tournaments,” Kasatkina wrote.
26 year old Russian, disqualified In the semi-final match against Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan with scores of 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (5:7), 5:6.
Rublev doubted his ball went out of bounds and shouted at the line judge, calling him a “moron”. The referee did not understand anything, but another referee who understood Russian heard this insult and reported it to the match referee and translated it into English using profanity.
The supervisory authority decided to immediately disqualify Rublev.
The tennis player became enraged and tried to convince his superior that he had not sworn and that the translation of the Russian-speaking referee was not entirely correct. However, the decision remained in effect.
Previously at Rublev was taken away $159,000 for referee scandal at a tournament in Dubai.