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Andrey Rublev<\/a> has called on the ATP Tour to change the rule that led to him being defaulted at the Dubai Tennis Championships last week.<\/p>\n Rublev was defaulted by the chair umpire after a Russian-speaking official said he had used an obscenity while yelling at a line judge over a call during his semifinal with Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n Rublev denied the accusation and urged the officials to review video of the incident, a request that was rejected. Bublik was ahead 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-5 when he was awarded the win, but Rublev, the world’s No. 5 player, later successfully appealed the decision and will retain the ranking points and prize money he earned, barring a fine of $36,400 for a code violation.<\/p>\n “The appeals committee concluded that, beyond forfeiting the match, customary penalties associated with a default — namely loss of rankings points and prize money for the entire tournament — would be disproportionate in this case,” the ATP said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n