Andrey Rublev has been disqualified from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after insulting a young line judge! a sensational ending to the match between the Russian and the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, which ended in the worst possible way for the emotional Russian tennis player.
Rublev, after losing the break lead in the decisive set, began to get nervous and show his dissatisfaction. At 5-5 the situation degenerated. Rublev approached one of the line judges and shouted something in Russian about a bad call on him.
Rublev gave in to his emotions again
During the changeover, two line judges approached the referee and also asked the tournament supervisor.
Andrey Rublev is defaulted from the Dubai semi-final, sending Alexander Bublik through to the #DDFTennis final pic.twitter.com/tclfcXxDYY
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 1, 2024
INCREDIBLE!
Andrey Rublev gets defaulted just before Dubai final after shouting in the face of a line judge 😮
Alexander Bublik qualifies into his 2nd final of the season! pic.twitter.com/ebugKJZ1Ct
— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) March 1, 2024
The second judge communicated the serious words that Rublev allegedly addressed to his colleague, resulting in his immediate disqualification. According to what…