Andrey Rublev explained that his clothing brand lacked the necessary budget for other players to get involved and start wearing the apparel.
Rublev launched his own clothing company, Rublo, earlier in December, and the Russian player revealed that all the profits from the enterprise will go towards charities that help underprivileged children.
The 26-year-old ATP player has previously worn sportswear from the company and also broke his partnership with Nike earlier in 2023, instead choosing to wear his own clothes on the court.
Currently, Rublev is the only professional tennis player involved in his charity-supporting project. When asked in an interview with Tennis 365 about the prospect of other ATP players becoming involved and wearing Rublo clothes, the 26-year-old explained that his brand was not quite at that level financially.
“I don’t have enough money to pay players to wear this clothing, so I don’t think we can make that happen at the moment. Maybe others will like the message and decide to wear it, but it is nicer when a clothing company pay you some money to wear their clothes,"
Despite the absence of other high-profile figures with the company, Rublev still firmly believes in Rublo's mission. The current ATP world number five expanded on his aims and goals for the company and why it is such an important enterprise for him.
"I wanted to do something with clothes for a long time and I wanted it to have some meaning, a good message that will touch people,"
"I always buy things that have a message and can help and doing something that will benefit kids was the obvious step for me. Not every kid has a good life. A lot are suffering and they don’t have enough nice things in their life and I always thought that one day I might be able to help,"
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