The Russian, world number 5, was facing Bublik in the third set when he lost a point, got into a fight with the judge and was sanctioned. Then Humbert beat Medvedev.
The Russian tennis player Andrey Rublevnumber 5 in the world ranking, was disqualified from the tournament today ATP 500 from Dubai for having yelled at one of the linesmen during his semi-final match against the Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
Rublev and Bublik (23 in the world) were in the third set, with a result of 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) and 6-5 in favor of the Kazakh, when the Russian faced one of the lines and He verbally attacked him, although it was not understood exactly what he said in the television images.
According to the AFP agency, the referee in question stated that the player insulted him in Russian. Rublev stated that he was speaking in English and that he did not insult him, but the referee stood by his version. When the ATP supervisor intervened, Rublev, the tournament’s second seed, was disqualified.
Bublik, seeded seventh, will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert (18th) in the final, who defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev, fourth in the world and main seed of the tournament, 7-5 and 6-3.
Source: Ambito
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