Shock in Dubai! Rublev insults the line judge and is disqualified

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Andrey Rublev has been disqualified from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after insulting a young line judge! a sensational ending to the match between the Russian and the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, which ended in the worst possible way for the emotional Russian tennis player.

Rublev, after losing the break lead in the decisive set, began to get nervous and show his dissatisfaction. At 5-5 the situation degenerated. Rublev approached one of the line judges and shouted something in Russian about a bad call on him.

Rublev gave in to his emotions again

During the changeover, two line judges approached the referee and also asked the tournament supervisor.

Andrey Rublev is defaulted from the Dubai semi-final, sending Alexander Bublik through to the #DDFTennis final pic.twitter.com/tclfcXxDYY

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 1, 2024

INCREDIBLE! Andrey Rublev gets defaulted just before Dubai final after shouting in the face of a line judge 😮 Alexander Bublik qualifies into his 2nd final of the season! pic.twitter.com/ebugKJZ1Ct

— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) March 1, 2024

The second judge communicated the serious words that Rublev allegedly addressed to his colleague, resulting in his immediate disqualification. According to what the person in question stated, Rublev's insults would have been truly serious.

Can all of the internet detectives take a break from trying to work out where Kate Middleton is and who it was that insulted Rebecca Ferguson and come over and tell us what Andrey Rublev screamed at the line-judge in this video?!pic.twitter.com/FOvgTdu7En

— Scott Barclay (@BarclayCard18) March 1, 2024

Supervisor and chair umpire decided to disqualify the Russian just on the eve of the tie-break. Bublik expressed his willingness to continue the match to save Rublev, but the rules do not allow this possibility in such situations.

Rublev was defaulted for this - apparently translated from Russian and it was so bad it was an immediate default. Can anyone confirm? He was adamant he was speaking English pic.twitter.com/cMkpSpspMN

— liv (@kokinakkis2) March 1, 2024

The Kazakh is therefore the first finalist of the Dubai tournament and he will await the winner of the challenge between Daniil Medvedev and Ugo Humbert.

Andrey Rublev© Christopher Pike / Stringer Getty Images Sport  

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