“There was no f*cking or other obscenities,” Andrey Rublev receives support from an Emirati tennis player who sat right behind the line judge at Dubai

Russian pro Andrey Rublev has made many highlights for a few hours, after his unfair disqualifications from the match for supposed obscenity. This incident took place at the Dubai Tennis Championships semi-final match between Rublev and Alexander Bublik. 

In one of the most intense matches of the tournament, both the players were neck and neck with the scores when they took the match to the third and final set. Still, the players held on to their games, not letting their opponents take the lead. The score was 6-5, with Bublik in a slight lead, when the match took a different turn.

Rublev had lost his cool and shouted at the line judge over a wrong call. At the moment nothing happened, but a minute later, the official along with the line judge went up to the Russian and accused him of obscenity. The officials disqualified Rublev from the match, and the tournament, giving Bublik a straight ticket to the final. 

The Russian received immense support after unnecessary disqualification by the organizations, as even an Emirati tennis player present at the stadium explained the situation, voicing her support for the Rublev. Lolita Lazarenko, an Emirati player, posted:

We were sitting right almost behind this judge’s back. Yes, it was very emotional, but there was no f***ing or other obscenities that this “Russian-speaking” judge said!!!!!!!!!!!

Lolita Lazarenko wrote

Emirati Tennis player Lolita Lazarenko questions the organizations for not looking at the video

Recently, the whole tennis world came in support of Andrey Rublev, who was disqualified from the semi-final match after a slight argument with the line judge. 

Despite coming so close to the finals, the Russian had to withdraw all his points and earnings due to the disqualification. Coming to his support was Emirati player Lolita Lazarenko, who posted a story, voicing her support for the Russian. 

The Emirati player posted on her Instagram:

Take the word of the line judge, who supposedly speaks Russian, disqualify the player during the decisive game in the 3rd set, take away the points and prize money, without watching the video again, as it really happened!!!!!

Lolita Lazarenko added

She bore witness to the intense match between the two up-and-coming players and was rather disappointed with the organizations for such a decision. Nonetheless, Bublik managed to enter the finals of the tournament. However, the Kazakhstani did not make the most of the opportunity and suffered a straight sets loss against Ugo Humbert, who was crowned the Dubai Tennis Championships winner. 

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