The Dubai final will be between Bublik vs Humbert who managed to beat Medvedev in straight sets, Humbert is the favorite in this final, but Bublik has performed quite well so far and he does look better this season as does his opponent Humbert who has already bagged the title this year and this will be their first meeting, with Bublik getting odds around @3.00 I think it's quite worth picking
Seeing Bublik's appearance, actually without Rublev being disqualified Bublik has a big chance of getting to the final because he is leading and his opponent at that time is emotional which is uncontrolled, and that is something that Rublev often shows, not only shouting and cursing but hurting himself by hitting his knee with a racket until he gets hurt, something he has already done, regardless of it being a controversial decision, it will be a lesson for him to be able to control his emotions better, and if we watch at the semifinal match, actually both players were in quite an emotional state where Bublik also broke his racket and argued quite loudly with the umpire.
And Humbert takes the final in 2 sets 4-6 and 3-6. Thats 6 finals he has been in and
has won all 6 - remarkable. As I said before both players are really playing well so far
for 2023.
Regarding Rublev I have seen him often striking himself with the racket, he really isnt
doing himself any favours there. I'm genuinely sorry for him for being disqualified, he loses
his prize money and his points, such a pity.
Another controversy as Rublev gets disqualified for swearing at the line judge. The score was Bublik 6-7,7-6,6-5 Rublev(Disqualified) when Rublo had a meltdown and screamed at the line judge. The line judge then went and complained to the chair umpire that Rublev screamed "fucking..." in Russian at the line judge. Took a while but in the end, the Chair Umpire disqualified Rublev and gave the win for Bublik.
Rublev was indeed disqualified in the ATP Dubai tournament because of his uncontrolled anger which resulted in him saying inappropriate words to the referee and this is very regrettable incident because Rublev suffered loss in this tournament because of his own actions.
Rublev also defended himself with several statements, but the referee really gave no consideration or tolerance.
Bublik even asked the referee and ATP supervisor Roland Herfel to consider leniency and continue the match but it was all in vain.
Rublev disqualification allowed Bublik to be ranked in the top 20 and he really looked happy, but on the other hand there was also little disappointment because what he got was not purely due to hard work in winning the match.
What is surprising is that several parties stated that this decision was too quick because there was no proof or more precise truth to what Rublev said.
I myself think that the referee also made firm decision too early, everything that the head referee believed was only based on the arguments of the line referee and not on something more real and could be seen clearly by everyone.
I guess the decision to disqualify Rublev was made by the supervisor not the umpire.
As to the incident itself, the line judge claimed Rublev said "you fucking moron" in Russian and the guy understood Russian so he reported to the chair umpire. Rublev claimed he didn't say the word "fucking" the expression he mentioned means something like "are you retarded?" in Russian.
Anyway, the decision had been made. What is also important, is that the ball indeed was out and it was a bad call.
He shouldnt have put himself in that position, its difficult in the heat of the momen though.
He just seems like a very frustrated player -on court-.
