Kazakh tennis player Alexander Bublik stood next to Russian representative Andrey Rublev, who was disqualified from the ATP-500 tournament in Dubai. His words guide the way “Championship.com”.
“Of course you can say, ‘He shouldn’t act like this’… But there are many things one shouldn’t do. But ultimately, in this particular case, the wrong referee who was yelled at went to the chair umpire. That’s what needs to be addressed, Bublik said.
26 year old Russian, disqualified in the semi-final match against Bublik 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 Daria Kasatkina criticized Tennis rules after Rublev’s scandal with the judge.