Andrey Rublev26 years old, world No. 5 and has long been established in the world top-10, is currently one of the great entertainers of ATP circuita man who has the ability to hit very difficult shots, both forehand and backhand, and beat anyone if he shows his best version.
The Russian is also one of the players who generates the best vibes on the circuit; his colleagues said this publicly more than once. However, that amiable character off the track is more volatile when he is on the track, where a spark can become a flame, in an erupting volcano that this time took a toll on her: direct disqualification from the ATP semi-finals on the hard courts in Dubai.
Rublev won the first set in a tiebreak, Alexander Bublik He has also tied the tiebreaker match and both players, at 5-5, are heading to another tiebreak to decide the tournament’s first finalist.
The Kazakh, 26 years old and ranked 23rd, held serve and went ahead 6-5 after a long ball from Rublev, who complained that Bublik’s previous ball was bad and, therefore, the point should have been for him to level the game and still looking to break serve.
Not so and the Russian, out of his mind, turned into a basilisk, went straight to the line judge and shouted at him just two inches from his face to scold him for not calling Bublik’s ball ‘out’ . The linesman then informed the chair umpire, Miriam Bleythat Rublev insulted him in Russian and used obscene language and that complaint led to the expulsion of the Russian player.
To compare versions, the ATP supervisor, Roland Herfel, came out to center court to ask Andrey to repeat what he said to the linesman. “‘I spoke to him in English!” said Rublev, who failed to convince anyone with his explanations and was subsequently disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. Some information suggested that “idiot” could be more or less a translation of the Russian word that Andrey said to the linesman.
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Informed of Rublev’s expulsion, Bublik was also confused and even told the officials that he was ready to continue playing.. However, the judges’ decision exceeded that gesture of the Kazakh tennis player and Andrey had to take his things and leave the court after 2h.26′ of the game: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5 ), 6 -5 and disqualification.
With this eviction, Rublev won’t get either the 200 points or the financial prize ($157,755, about 145,000 euros) that would have been equivalent to him under normal conditions for reaching the semifinals. Bublik will play in the final against the Frenchman Ugo Humbertwho made a splash by defeating the Russian Daniel Medvedev by 7-5 and 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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