DUBAI (Reuters) – Andrey Rublev was defaulted from the Dubai Tennis Championships semi-finals on Friday after yelling at a line judge in the final set of his clash with Alexander Bublik.
In a chaotic match where both semi-finalists fumed at the officials, Rublev was defaulted by the chair umpire for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Bublik, who clawed his way back from a set down to lead 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-5, was awarded the win.
The result ensured there would be no repeat of last year’s final where Rublev lost to Daniil Medvedev.
The top seeded Medvedev will face fifth-seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the other last-four clash later.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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