It cost him dearly. He insulted the linesman in his language, a translator understood what he said and he was disqualified from the tournament.

The match was very intense and even. Andrey RublevRussian and world number 5, had taken the first set in the tie break. Alexander Bublik, Kazakh and 23rd in the ranking, won the second set in the same instance. A very hard-fought third chapter was going on, with Bublik up 6-5, when the embarrassment occurred. Furious over a ruling, Rublev began yelling at one of the judges in the background. Finally, he was disqualified because someone realized that there was an insult among the shouts. Something that is not tolerated on the circuit. In this way one of the semifinals of the Dubai ATP 500.

The public burst into boos at the situation, when they realized that a captivating match with an uncertain ending ended in a scandalous way. Bublik, incredulous, also approached to talk to Rublev and tried to ask the chair umpire for explanations. But it was of no use: Someone who knew Russian heard that one of the words the disqualified tennis player shouted was “idiot.” The event happened after one of the linesmen called a ball that Rublev judged to have hit out of the court as good.

Andrey Rublev is defaulted from the Dubai semi-final, sending Alexander Bublik through to the #DDFTennis final pic.twitter.com/tclfcXxDYY

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ATP supervisor Roland Herfel walked to the court accompanied by a Russian translator and said Rublev swore at him in his native language. Rublev responded: “I was speaking to him in English.” He insisted that he didn’t say any rude words. But umpire Miriam Bley disqualified Rublev for unsportsmanlike conduct. Bublik ended up winning 6-7 (4-6), 7-6 (7-5) and 6-5 and will play the final of the competition (distributes $2,855,495 in prizes) against the Frenchman Ugo Humbert, who in the other semifinal He beat Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3.

Andrey Rublev argues with ATP official, but would be disqualifiedRYAN LIM – AFP

The consequences for Rublev go beyond the elimination in Dubai, a tournament he won in 2022 and in which he was a finalist last year: now he will lose the prize money and points for the week, and will also leave the top 5.

It is not the first time that Rublev has been involved in an unpleasant incident on the court. A few months ago, during the final of the Shanghai tournament, against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, the Russian lost a key point that brought his rival closer to the brink of the title. Very nervous, he lashed out at a Chinese photographer for firing his camera during the point: “Why now? “Why?” Rublev shouted at him.. The chair umpire called him and reprimanded him, even though Rublev explained the situation. The aggressiveness with which he addressed the press man forced the umpire to sanction him with a warning.

The precedent in Shanghai

The moments when Andrey Rublev could not control his anger and shouted at photographers???? pic.twitter.com/dx6SI5RB1a

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