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Originally Posted by Karl
Cowardly decision by the ATP to accept Rublev's appeal and overturn that. And what a jackass Rublev is for even having the gall to appeal that. You did a bad bad thing you absolute brat. Have some freaking humility and take your medicine.
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You can make the argument that losing all the ranking points and prize money he had won to that point in the tourney is not right as the penalty should be applied from when it occurred forward. Maybe it makes more sense to suspend him for a period of time (say 2 months) instead of making the penalty retroactive. That said, those are the current rules when you are defaulted in a tourney.
I also wonder how ATP umpires and linespersons feel about this, hey folks, get ready for players to hurl abuse at you if you make a mistake and you'll just have to sit there and take it.