Tennis
Madrid Open star sits down and refuses to play as supervisor enters court
Alexander Bublik sat on his bench mid-game and delayed play during his second-round outing at the Madrid Open on Friday. The Kazakh wasn’t happy with a contentious call on his serve and marched over to the umpire’s chair to plead his case before sitting down and holding up the match.
The supervisor eventually came to the court and Bublik continued ranting before he finally gave in and returned to the baseline to continue play. The world No. 75 was serving to stay in the second set against Alexei Popyrin when he confronted the officials, but he managed to survive and sealed a 6-4 7-6(4) victory.
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