Google News Atp 's-Hertogenbosch: Alexander Bublik is furious with the chair umpire!
by LORENZO CIOTTI
Alexander Bublik certainly had no luck during the first set in the match against Jannik Sinner, valid for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 in 's-Hertogenbosch. The Kazakh tennis player, down by a break in the set and forced to invent something on the 4-5 in favor of the blue, tried to do everything possible to recover the disadvantage and extend the match to the advantage.
The 25-year-old was able to put the Italian in difficulty twice with two deep answers close to the line in the opening game: on both occasions, however, the chair umpire called the ball out, immediately correcting after the judgment and thus causing the point to be repeated.
A situation that the player didn't like at all, who was penalized since he could have brought home the rally (the Italian was surprised by the opponent's shots and had certainly lost control of the rally).
Alexander Bublik is furious with the chair umpire!
Despite this, Bublik went up 15-30 but at that time he began arguing with the referee over previous calls, even getting a warning. The Kazakh wins a chance to break and shouts, thinking about the previous point: "It's game, it's 5-5!" Sinner didn't get upset and took advantage of his rival's lack of maximum concentration to cancel the break point and get the set 6-4.
While he returned to the bench and during the change of ends, Sascha gave the chair umpire no respite and continued to complain: "Don't talk. You should just say: I'm sorry Alex, I made a mistake. This is your job. Don't talk to me now.
It's your mistake, it was your line. I'm not offending you". Here is the video of everything that happened on Dutch grass, broadcast on Youtube by Tennis TV. Sinner said after the victory: "It was a great victory. It's never easy to play against him: he serves well, he can find all kinds of shots and you always have to be very careful.
I think I served really well in the important moments. This is a special tournament for me, because here I won my first match on grass in 2019. The support is always amazing, thank you all for coming - it means a lot to me. I've grown up since my first game here, but I'm still very young.
I learned many things. I'm in a better position now, but I know I have to keep working and growing. In every game I try to raise the bar and get as far as possible in tournaments."