Alexander Bublik got called for a foot fault in Newport during his match against Andy Murray and he was not happy about it.
Bublik is a funny character in the tennis community with the player from Kazakhstan capable of many things. He's capable of great tennis, he's capable of shocking tennis as well. He can be cheerful and happy on the court and he can unleash rants and curse out opponents. Speaking Russian as a native tongue gives him a chance to unleash fairly easily with not many consequences.
This time around he used English because he was talking to the line umpire who called him for a foot fault. He said:
"Excuse me, he's telling me that I made a foot fault with the right leg. How can that possibly be? Do you want me to serve like this? Are you a tennis player? How can it possibly be, if you tell me it is the left leg, I am totally fine with it, but how can it possibly be that I serve like this."
Fergus Murphy was the match umpire and he tried to interfere a bit but he was quickly shut down by Bublik who said I'm not talking to you. In the end, the match continued without any major incident.
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