Former British world number one Andy Murray before the match against the Russian Andrei Rublev during a tournament in Indian Wells (United States), said players should show more respect to judges.
Last week, Rublev was disqualified in the semi-final of the Dubai tournament against Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik. At the end of the third set, the Russian shouted in Russian to the line referee.
“All players need to be a little more careful in how we speak and treat officials. There is a huge difference between rugby and football: rugby is a great example of how it should work. Referees (in rugby) are treated with respect and we could probably do a better job of that in tennis as well.
I understand that in the heat of the moment things can sometimes happen, but I think over the last four or five years there have been a number of cases where the line has been crossed and maybe- be we haven’t done enough to avoid it.
So I think we all need to look at ourselves a little and think: is this really how we want to treat civil servants or react to controls in this way? – Murray reportedly told the BBC.
The second round match of the Indian Wells tournament between Rublev and Murray will take place on Friday.
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Source : MatchTV
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