Andrey Rublev loses his head in Dubai and is Disqualified

Andrey Rublev loses his temper in Dubai and is disqualified for verbally abusing a line judge MARCH 1, 2024, 3:52 PM Andrey Rublev was a one-and-a-half foot into the final of the ATP 500 in Dubai, but ended up betrayed by his emotions and was disqualified from the UAE tournament after insulting a line judge. The Russian tennis player led 7-6(4), 6-7(5) and 4-2 with 0-40 in response against Alexander Bublik, but was already losing 5-6 when, dissatisfied with a call, he shouted in the direction of the line judge. One of the members of the refereeing team is fluent in Russian and informed the chair referee of the words spoken by Rublev, who responded by stating that he had spoken in English, not Russian. The supervisor ended up deciding to disqualify the Muscovite, who will lose all points and prize money for this week.