Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova Telegram– the channel wrote that the world’s fifth racket, Andrei Rublev, should better control his emotions after the scandal at the ATP-500 tournament in Dubai.
“We are all human and we all have the right to make mistakes. In my opinion, most of the time other guys behave much worse. For example, towards the audience. So how is a judge different from a spectator? Isn’t the audience worthy of respect too? And one last question. Does the word “moron” deserve disqualification? “I think of course not,” Kuznetsova stated.
On March 1, the 26-year-old Russian was disqualified in the semifinal match against the representative of Kazakhstan, Alexander 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 Rublev spoke He made a statement after being disqualified from a tournament in Dubai.
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Source: Gazeta
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