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"We need to be a little bit careful" says Andy Murray on conduct with officials amid default drama for opponent Rublev
ATPFriday, 08 March 2024 at 21:30
Andy Murray
shared his thoughts on Andrey Rublev's disqualification at the Dubai Duty Free
Tennis Championships a week ago. The 26-year-old Russian had an altercation
after shouting at the line judge during the semifinals against Aleksander
Bublik.
The line
judge claimed that Rublev insulted him in Russian and reported the situation to
the chair umpire, who decided to disqualify the world No. 5 for his behavior,
despite Rublev denying the insult. The Russian also lost his prize money for
the week ($150,000) and the 200 ATP points, but eventually submitted an appeal
that was accepted, reinstating his points and prize money.
The
situation drew mixed opinions from both fans and fellow players. This time,
3-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray shared his perspective, acknowledging
that athletes need to be more careful in their interactions with officials:
'All of us players – and I think I’ve been guilty of it myself – we need to be
a little bit careful of the way that we speak to officials and treat
officials.'
“There’s a
huge difference between rugby and football – rugby is a great example for how
to deal with it. Officials are dealt with respectfully and we could probably do
a better job with it in tennis as well. At the end of the day, we as players
shouldn’t be doing that. We are the one in the wrong – not the official,”
former world No. 1 added.
“I
understand that in the heat of battle sometimes things happen, but I think over
the last four or five years there have been a number of instances where lines
have probably been crossed – and maybe not enough has been done about it. So I
think we all probably have to have a bit of a look at ourselves and go ‘is this
really the way we want to be dealing with officials or bad line calls?”
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