Rublev was serving to force a final set tiebreak when he was forced to forfeit the match. He appealed his penalty and subsequently received £120k in prize money. The Russian has since left the controversial incident in the past.

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Third seed Andrey Rublev suffered a first round exit after his Qatar Open title, losing to qualifier Quentin Halys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) at the Dubai Open on Tuesday.