Former world number one Boris Becker supported the decision of the appeal commission of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which did not deprive the Russian Andrei Rublev points and prize money received for reaching the semi-finals of the Dubai tournament.
Last week, the Russian was disqualified during his semi-final against Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik. At the end of the third set, Rublev shouted in Russian at the line referee, after which the judge and the supervisor decided to disqualify the tennis player. According to the regulations, Rublev was supposed to lose all prizes and points won in the competition and leave the top 5 of the ATP rankings, but the appeal commission retained Rublev’s points for the semi-finals and prize money for the tournament.
– Good decision by the committee! Andrey is one of the nicest guys on the ATP Tour, but sometimes on the court he is overwhelmed by emotions… We live and learn,” Becker wrote on the social network.
Source : MatchTV
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