Andrey Rublevfifth world player, was disqualified in semi-finals of the tournament Dubai ATP 500where he faced the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (23rd), for having shouted out to one of the line judges.
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The other semifinal It also had a bad outcome for a Russian player, Daniil Medvedevfourth in the world and defender of the title, which was defeated 7-5 and 6-3 by the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (18º).
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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The end of Dubaiwhich seemed to be a Russian duel Medvedev-Rublev like the one in the final of this tournament in 2023, will therefore not count with none of those protagonists.
Rublev and Bublik They were very even in the third and decisive set of the first semifinal, with a result at that time of 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5) y 6-5 in favor of Kazakh. It was then that the Russian, second seed, verbally confronted a linesmanaccording to the television images, without being able to distinguish exactly what he said.
A colleague of the referee in question he claimed that the player had insulted in Russian. Rublev He says that he was speaking in English and that did not use foul languagebut then the ATP supervisor intervened, after which disqualified Rublev.
Bublik, seeded seventh, will enter the ATP ‘Top 20’ on next Monday’s list. It will be the first Kazakh tennis player to enter among the twenty best of the men’s circuit.
For its part, Ugo Humbertchampion in the Marseille tournament at the beginning of February, continue with your good time.
The player French 25 years old qualified for the sixth final of his career. Always was champion every time he reached the final of an ATP tournament.
In the quarterfinals he had already surprised another ‘Top 10’, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (8th), and now confirmed his great week with that prestigious victory over Medvedevwho was back on the circuit this week after a break of almost a month, since he lost to the Italian Jannik Sinner in the final of the Australian Open.
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2024-03-01 21:05:45
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