Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev commenting on the incident with the judge during the semi-final of the exhibition tournament in London, said he approached the referee to ask for a video review.
On Sunday, Rublev lost to Dane Holger Rune with a score of 10:20, 11:12, 11:16. Tournament matches are played according to special rules. The match consists of four 8-minute quarters, each winning draw worth one point. Each tennis player can use the three-point card once per quarter. As the game progressed, the Russian climbed onto the referee’s tower and began to actively show him three fingers.
— The moment was very moving. Of course, I should have reacted a little differently. When you are fighting for every point, in long rallies, in a very intense match, your heart rate is very high, and then this situation happens, you feel very frustrated and like all your work is in vain.
When the score became 10:8 in favor of Holger, I started showing three fingers. I didn’t speak, but showed, then the bonus card appeared on the screen, and I thought it was my three points. I won the toss and in my head the score was 11:10. Then I won another point and I thought it was 12:10. But actually, that three-point card was for Rune, he lost it, it was 10:9, and when the time was up it was 11:11, not 12:10 in my favor.
This was the situation. And the only thing I asked was to just watch the replay. I would have no complaints if he was first. This is not the ATP, where even with erroneous decisions from the judges, nothing changes. This is an exhibition tournament, so we can play fairer here. This is what I asked: just check several times who was first, and that’s it,” Rublev was quoted as saying by Express.
Rublev is fifth in the world rankings.
Source : MatchTV
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