Andrey Rublev26 years old and world No. 5, was disqualified last Friday from the semifinals of the Dubai ATP for unsportsmanlike conduct after angrily yelling in the face of a linesman after he awarded a Alexander Bublik that he had seen bad.
The line judge notified 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 Bleydecreed the expulsion of Andrey, who thus lost both the 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 has reduced his punishment: it has returned the points and the money earned and has imposed a fine of $36,400 (about 33,500 euros) considering the sanction “disproportionate” beyond the loss of the match.
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“I want to thank the appeal committee for approving my appeal and changing the ATP’s initial decision to disqualify me from the Dubai semifinals and take away the ranking points and the financial prize that I won last week,” Rublev said on his networks. social.
“Thanks to everyone who has supported me, I promise that I will learn from this and that I will try to be a better player and person”
Andrey RublevTennis No. 5 in the world
“I hope that in the future the ATP will look more closely at this rule and make changes, so that a referee cannot force the outcome of a match without having clear evidence and without allowing the player to have a video review,” he said. added the Russian in his note.
“I am disappointed because I couldn’t finish my semi-final in Dubai, but I appreciate all the support I have had the last two days, I have received many messages. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, I promise that I will learn from this and that I will try to be better player and person,” Rublev concluded in his statement.
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2024-03-04 23:07:51
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