Beyond the good victory of Andrey Rublev (8th of the ATP) versus Alexander Davidovich Fokina (28th) by 7-6 (10) and 6-4 in the Madrid Openthe truth is that the Russian He became news again for arguing with the umpire.
On this occasion, the problem occurred with Adel Nourwho awarded a point to the local in the middle of the first set, a stage in which they called him a bad ball, which in reality had been good, considering that the cry of “out” did not bother the former world number 5 from Moscow.
Quickly, the Muscovite approached to complain to the referee, threatening to stop playing and leave the stadium. Finally, he decided to continue with the game, but the anger persisted.
In any case, the owner of 15 titles would star in a similar situation in the second setafter a return in which the person in charge of dispensing justice would sing bad again, Davidovich had managed to hit him and the ball stayed in the net. After the pertinent correction by the umpire, because the ball had been good, he made the decision that the point be repeated.
It should be noted that Andrey’s claim was due to the fact that the judge’s shout had not harmed the Spaniard, which is why the point should have been awarded to him.
Despite the continuous comings and goings, the recent champion in Hong Kong would take over the match to get a ticket to the round of 16, where he will face the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (25th), although he will have to correct the behavior, which was made a constant in recent times.
Without going any further, this year was disqualified from ATP 500 in Dubai for “unsportsmanlike conduct”, after shouting expletives in the face of a linesman.
“Despite being disappointed at not being able to complete my semi-final in Dubai, I would like to thank all the support I have received over the last two days. Thank you all, I promise that I will learn from this and try to be a better player and a better person.”Rublev had pointed out in a statement, after the scandalous situation experienced on the Emirati cement, where he lost the match, the prize money and the points achieved during that week.
Although technology came to tennis to reduce controversies, the truth is that in this Masters 1000 in Madrid Some discussions have already occurred beyond Rublev’s. A clear example was what happened to the historic manacorí Rafael Nadal in front of the Australian Alex De Minaur, arguing with the Irish umpire Fergus Murphy at the stop the game but do not make the corresponding signal to request “challenge” so the judge awarded the point to his rival.
