Tantrum-loose Alexander Bublik sheds new light on claims that he only plays tennis ‘for the money’
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World No.43 Alexander Bublik has addressed claims that he once made about playing tennis only for the money while hating the sport at the same time. In a U-turn, the Kazakh ATP player now says playing professionally was his childhood dream.
In 2020, Bublik had created quite a controversy when he said, “I hate tennis with all my heart,” he said at the time. “To be honest, I don’t see anything positive about being a tennis player at all. I only play for money. If there was no money, I would immediately stop playing tennis. So far, I haven’t earned enough.”
However, now he has changed his stance, saying: “The media has been doing it wrong many times. With my speeches, sometimes they take my words out (of context) and use them.”
Alexander Bublik attempts winner using racquet handle
Recently, when seventh seed Bublik lost to Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets 6-7(3),2-6 in the final of the Moselle Open in Metz, he was once again the talk of the tennis town due to his brain fade antics in the second set. The Kazakh is considered to be one of the most unorthodox players on the tour and often gets slammed by the fans for his brat-like behavior.
During the second set in the final, Bublik was down a set and a break, and in the fifth game on his serve, he was down a breakpoint when he tried to do something extremely unconventional. After setting up the point perfectly with a big serve, Bublik stormed to the net to smash an easy winner but what happened next was unexplainable.
Instead of hitting a smash and saving the breakpoint, Bublik tried to hit the ball on the handle, holding the frame of his racket in his hands. He couldn’t hit an impactful winner and ended up losing the point and went down by two breaks of serve.
The commentators were startled by seeing the approach from Bublik in an ATP final and called him out for doing so. To make matters worse, Bublik just sat on his chair laughing as if it was some joke.
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