Russian tennis player disqualified for yelling at judge
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- 2 Mar 2024
Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev was disqualified from the Dubai Tennis Championships after screaming at a line judge.
The Russian was trailing 6:5 in the third set against Alexander Boublek, when he appeared to say something to the line judge.
An ATP supervisor came down to the court, accompanied by a Russian speaker who claimed that Rublev had sworn in his native language.
Rublev protested, insisted he'd been speaking in English, while Boublek also backed his opponent.
But the 26-year-old was defaulted by umpire Miriam Blay, and made jeers from the crowd in Dubai.