At the tennis tournament in Dubai, Rublev was disqualified from the semi-finals on March 2. The reason was because the Russian tennis player shouted loudly at the referee. The referee even confirmed that Rublev cursed in Russian. This caused Rublev to also be stripped of bonus points and prize money.
However, according to the latest announcement from the International Men’s Tennis Association (ATP), Rublev successfully appealed, thereby retaining Bonus points and prize money at the Dubai Championships tennis tournament. Rublev still has to pay a fine of 30,000 USD for shouting at the referee.
Many top tennis players world spoke up in defense of Rublev. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina wrote: “It’s unfair that they eliminated Rublev without first ensuring that what the linesman understood was correct.
We need VAR technology. What he did was It’s not right, but taking away all the prize money and points without evidence is controversial.”
Rubblev’s compatriot Daria Kasatkina commented: “Punishing the player for taking away points and money of him without checking the slow motion video? What a joke we need VAR technology or any other supporting equipment.”
The person who defeated Rublev in the semi-finals Dubai Championships Alexander Bublik wrote: “I suspect Andrey said something crazy but he is not that type of person.”
After the defeat at Dubai Championships 2024 Rublev will enter Indian Wells 2024 takes place in the US from March 6 to March 17. This is a tournament with many stars participating such as Novak Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz Jannik Sinner Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal.
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