By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, March 4, 2024
Andrey Rublev‘s enchantment means is more practical than his argumentative abilities.
The fifth-ranked Rublev has prevailed in his enchantment the penalties incurred after his Dubai default on Friday.
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The ATP has dominated Rublev will retain all rating factors in addition to the $157,755 in prize cash he earned for his semifinal consequence eventually week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The $36,400 tremendous for the unsportsmanlike conduct code violation Rublev was hit with stays in place after the enchantment, which included testimonies from gamers and officers and a evaluate of video and audio of the incident.
The ATP mentioned the penalty was “disproportionate” to the incident, which is why its appeals committee determined to revive rating factors and prize cash to Rublev, the 2023 Dubai finalist.
“The appeals committee concluded that, beyond forfeiting the match, customary penalties associated with a default – namely loss of rankings points and prize money for the entire tournament – would be disproportionate in this case,” the ATP mentioned in a press release.
It’s a key ruling for Rublev in that he retains his Top 5 spot within the ATP Live rankings whereas if he had forfeited his Dubai rating factors, as he was going through underneath his preliminary default, then Alexander Zverev would have handed him for the No. 5 spot within the rankings.
In a surprising flip of occasions, Rublev was defaulted for an unsportsmanlike conduct code violation proper earlier than he was set to serve to attempt to power a third-set tiebreaker within the Dubai semifinals.
Alexander Bublik led 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-5 when the referee knowledgeable Rublev he was being defaulted for berating the linesman, allegedly utilizing profanity in Russian.
Andrey Rublev is defaulted from the Dubai semi-final, sending Alexander Bublik by means of to the #DDFTennis last pic.twitter.com/tclfcXxDYY
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 1, 2024
A shocked Rublev repeatedly denied he spoke Russian through the trade.
“I was not talking Russian!” Rublev mentioned. “I swear to God. This is a whole mistake. I swear to God.”
Trying to lend a serving to hand to his buddy, Bublik provided to finish the match.
“I am okay to continue,” Bublik mentioned.
“The match is over,” the referee replied.
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Source: www.tennisnow.com
