Andrey Rublev26 years old and world No. 5, was disqualified on Friday in the semifinals of Dubai ATP for unsportsmanlike conduct after angrily yelling at a linesman after he gave a Alexander Bublik that he saw evil.
The line judge informed his superiors that Rublev had insulted him in Russian and, after an exchange of impressions between the tennis player and the ATP supervisor, Roland Herfelthe chair umpire of the match, Miriam Bleyordered the expulsion of Andrey, who thus lost both 200 points and the 157,755 dollars (about 1,450,000 euros) reserved for the semifinalists of the tournament.
Rublev appealed against this decision and the appeal committee reduced his punishment: it returned the points and the money earned and imposed a fine of $36,400 (about 33,500 euros) considering the sanction “disproportionate” beyond losing the match.
“I would like to thank the appeal committee for approving my appeal and changing the ATP’s initial decision to disqualify me from the Dubai semifinals and remove the ranking points and the financial prize I won last week, ” said Rublev in his networks.social.
“I hope that in the future the ATP will take a closer look at this rule and make changes, so that a referee cannot force the outcome of a match without clear evidence and without allowing the player to have a video review ,” he says. added Russian to his note.
“I’m disappointed because I didn’t finish my semi-final in Dubai, but I appreciate all the support I’ve had in the last two days, I’ve received a lot of messages. Thank you to everyone who supported me, I promise that I will learn from this and try to become a better player and person,” Rublev concluded in his statement.
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Source: La Verdad
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