Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev sounds off on US Open fine for profanity during match

Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev doesn t like the reasoning behind the fine he received during his second-round match at the U S Open Rublev ranked No in men s singles was fined for using foul language during his match against American Tristan Boyer But in the heat of competition Rublev doesn t feel he should be docked thousands because of his words Depends on the situation he revealed per The New York Post before winning his third-round match in five sets on Saturday When you are talking to yourself in a bad way it s my decision how I do it You cannot in my opinion you cannot charge for this If you talk to the referee or umpire with bad words yes like when you do it towards someone or you scream on all courts yes obviously But when you talk to yourself it s your decision how you talk It doesn t matter even if the umpire hears what you are saying or not for this I don t think so CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMRublev added that in all of sports it is a normal occurrence for expletives to be stated especially in the crucial moments DANIIL MEDVEDEV'S HEATED US OPEN OUTBURST FOLLOWING FIRST-ROUND DEFEAT RESULTS IN HEFTY FINE It s sports It s life he continued The same with every person outside in life in crucial moments in stressful moments I don t believe all of us are super holy and never say bad words in the crucial moments It s the same thing like I mentioned if you re doing it towards someone or you re doing it too much openly yes but with yourself it s your decision how you talk Rublev isn t the only Russian who was fined this year at the U S Open Daniil Medvedev s widely publicized rant in his first-round upset to Benjamin Bonzi resulted in a fine Medvedev exploded after the chair umpire allowed Bonzi another first serve when a photographer walked across the court during play Medvedev didn t like that Bonzi had another first serve on what was match point in the third set Rublev the godfather of Medvedev s children offered encouragement to his compatriot after that matter made headlines If he wants to change and demands help he has me a lot of other friends and family that will help him Rublev noted Rublev was able to take down Coleman Wong in a thrilling five-set third-round match on Saturday Rublev lost the first set - before taking the next two - - Wong came back with a fourth-set mastery - before Rublev took the fifth set - to move on in the tournament Rublev will take on Canada s Felix Auger-Aliassime the th-ranked men s singles performer in the Round of on Monday Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter