(VIDEO) "I don't want to win a Slam, I want to have a retirement": Alexander Bublik leaves team in stitches after snubbing instructions
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Alexander Bublik saw off Taylor Fritz on Thursday at the Paris Masters and continues to grow his fan base with fans hoping that the showman who has started to take tennis more seriously as of late gets to the ATP Finals.
While his team on the otherhand will just be hoping he takes instructions on board. Being told to hit a backhand winner, he had a hilarious retort before telling his team where to go when snubbing it.
"If I hit every backhand winner, I'm going to win a Slam but I don't want to win a Slam, I want to have a retirement.". He then told his team to f*** off and then went back onto the court as his team were left laughing with Bublik's sense of humour again shining through.
But as did his exquisite court craft as he broke Fritz to love in the next game going on to beat the American and reach the Quarter-Finals of the Paris Masters.
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