Alexander Bublik sends foul-mouthed message to opponent after Canadian Open exit

Alexander Bublik was fast to situation a foul-mouthed verdict after shedding by the hands of Hubert Hurkacz on the Canadian Open on Monday. The man from Kazakhstan has a dismal report towards Hurkacz and was unable to enhance it of their newest assembly, which noticed the latter cruise to victory in straight units to achieve the second spherical in Toronto.

Hurkacz managed to return up trumps as Bublik didn’t carry out to the extent that he’s able to, with the 26-year-old making 10 double faults within the house of 11 service video games. The end result signifies that Hurkacz has now gained six of his seven matches towards Bublik, who was fast to relay his frustrations within the rapid aftermath of the competition.

The two gamers shook arms on the internet earlier than Bublik joked that he would fairly be spared the difficulty of developing towards Hurkacz for an eighth time, saying: “I wish to never face you again in my f******* life, man.”

Bublik’s final win over Hurkacz got here again in 2020, when he emerged victorious on the Dubai Open to achieve the final 16 on the expense of his Polish rival. He has tasted defeat in every of their final six conferences, with Hurkacz claiming the spoils on the similar occasion two years later alongside additional wins at Wimbledon, Astana, Marseille and Queensland.

His newest defeat to Hurkacz got here simply days after Bublik’s involvement in a weird incident throughout final week’s Washington Open, when his match towards French veteran Gael Monfils was overshadowed by an unorthodox second within the ultimate set. Monfils opted to completely ignore Bublik’s serve in an obvious bid to avoid wasting vitality within the data that he would have the chance to serve for the match within the subsequent sport.

Bublik was then left in stitches as Monfils was given a warning by the umpire, who additionally noticed the humorous aspect as he defined his determination to the 36-year-old. Monfils ultimately went on to keep away from an embarrassing state of affairs by closing out the match with out an excessive amount of issue to ship Bublik crashing out of the match.

Bublik additionally made headlines earlier this 12 months when he went viral due to a livid meltdown throughout a tiebreak towards Gregoire Barrere in Marseille again in February. He was left so annoyed together with his personal efficiency that he chose to destroy three of his rackets by smashing them into the bottom, together with his antics leaving the gang surprised.

Jeers rang out across the court docket as Bublik continued to smash up his personal gear earlier than the gamers lastly modified ends to the announcement of a warning for racket abuse. He adopted up by saving three match factors nevertheless it was not sufficient to stop Barrere from securing a well-known win in straight units.

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