Rublev says default ‘an excessive amount of’ and shares what he’d do if assembly linesman once more

Andrey Rublev has revived the talk round his default from final month’s Dubai Tennis Championships. The world No. 6 was disqualified after screaming in the face of a linesman, whereas one other traces choose claimed that he swore in Russian. He appealed and was in a position to retain his factors and prize cash however Rublev nonetheless believes the punishment was “too much”.

Rublev discovered himself on the centre of drama final month when he was defaulted in direction of the tip of his semi-final in Dubai. The second seed was taking up Alexander Bublik – who led 6-5 within the last set after two and a half hours. In a second of frustration after disagreeing with a name, he approached a line choose and screamed in his face.

A separate Russian-speaking official approached the umpire and claimed that Rublev used an obscenity in Russian, and the 26-year-old was disqualified. He mechanically misplaced all of his factors and prize cash in consequence however lodged a successful appeal, meaning both were reinstated – minus his £28,840 ($36,400) superb for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Although Rublev has since apologised for his behaviour and admitted that it was unsuitable, he maintains that he by no means swore and nonetheless believes his punishment was too harsh. “If we look at the situation as a whole, I think this is too much,” he advised Sport-Express.Ru.

“Because I had much worse situations, and the punishments for them were much softer, warnings with a minimal fine. And I didn’t say half the things that were written in the report.” Rublev referred to as for a video evaluate after the incident to show that he didn’t use an audible obscenity, and he nonetheless believes that VAR ought to be launched to keep away from an identical state of affairs.

The 15-time title winner continued: “That’s why it was possible to refute this because there was video evidence that made it clear, I did not say exactly the things that were attributed to me. Thanks to this, my rating points were returned.

“But still, a 36,000 [dollar] fine and disqualification for the word ‘moron’ – based on all my experience in my career, this is too much. Although if we take my behaviour, then I am wrong and, of course, this is unacceptable.”