Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev was disqualified during his Dubai Open semi-final after yelling at the line judge.
This meant Alexander Bublik advanced to the final of the Dubai Open. The second-seeded Rublev went after the line judge after Bublik won a point to take a 6-5 lead in the deciding set.
Rublev immediately pointed to the baseline, walked to the line judge, leaned over, and shouted in his face.
ATP supervisor Roland Herfel came to the court accompanied by a Russian speaker, who said Rublev swore in his native language.
Rublev responded: “I was talking to him in English.”
But umpire Miriam Bley defaulted Rublev, after which the seventh-seeded Bublik said, “I’m OK to continue” with the match.
Bublik won 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-5 and will face Ugo Humbert in the final after he defeated top-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3.
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The default means Rublev will lose his prize money and ranking points earned at the tournament. Rublev won the hard-court tournament in 2022 but lost to Medvedev in last year’s final.
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