“He’s lost his mind,” Andrey Rublev called CRAZY by Greg Rusedski following his violent outburst after losing to Carlos Alcaraz

Andrey Rublev lost 5-7, 2-6 to Carlos Alcaraz in his second group stage match of the 2023 ATP Finals.

“He’s lost his mind,” Andrey Rublev called CRAZY by Greg Rusedski following his violent outburst after losing to Carlos Alcaraz

Andrey Rublev (L), Greg Rusedski (R) (Sources: Twitter, The Mirror)

The anger issue claims regarding Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev have been recently blowing up, especially after his actions following his defeat against Carlos Alcaraz in his second match of the 2023 ATP Finals. After his loss, Rublev hit his knee with the racket 6 times out of anger and frustration and many fans and former players have said that the player might seriously injure himself or some other player one day. 

The World No. 6 has made it a pattern to inflict the worst of his anger on himself by berating his own performance, punching his strings violently and hitting himself with his racket to draw out blood. Recently, at the Vienna Open, he cut himself after hitting his knee with the racket after losing to Jannik Sinner in the semi-final of the tournament. 

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Former British-Canadian tennis player Greg Rusedski recently talked about Andrey Rublev’s habit of inflicting self-harm upon himself as a show of his anger and thrashed the player for the same. Rusedski said that the player had gone completely crazy and needed to change his behavior. 

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Rusedski, analyst on Amazon Prime, said:

Rublev has lost his mind. He's gone completely crazy, let's be honest. He could have seriously injured himself by hitting his knee the way he did. He got lucky. The good news is that he didn't get hurt, but he needs to change his behavior. He wants to win so much that he can't find balance on the field.

Andrey Rublev is out of the 2023 ATP Finals 

With his loss against Carlos Alcaraz in his second match of the ATP Finals group stage, Andrey Rublev is already out of contention to qualify for the semifinals. In the press conference, he defended the anger-issue claim by saying that he was utterly disappointed in himself which ultimately led to his actions and he could not manage himself. 

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Andrey Rublev (Source: The Telegraph)

At the press conference after his loss, Rublev said:

Of course, it's not easy, because you always want to finish in a good way. Sometimes you get disappointed when it's not happening. Today I got disappointed and I couldn't manage it. 

Despite not having a shot at qualifying for the semifinals, Andrey Rublev can stop Alexander Zverev from making it to the semifinals if he defeats the German in his last group-stage match. 

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