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Shocking News: Andrey Rublev Faces Unwarranted Gender Controversy as He has Been Charged for…

Russia’s tennis star Andrey Rublev has apologised for a post about an Algerian women’s boxer after her win over her Italian rival at the Paris Olympics started a gender debate. The mega-event in the capital of France is moving towards its conclusion, and the remaining athletes are giving their all to secure the ultimate glory for their respective countries.

Women’s boxing came into the limelight after a round-of-16 bout between Italy’s Angela Carini and Algeria’s Imane Khelif ended just after 46 seconds following a punch on the former. The Italian boxer refused to shake hands with Khelif and broke into tears in the middle of the ring, indicating that the contest was not fair as Khelif appeared to have an unnatural physique for a woman boxer.

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That incident was shared in the form of video on social media, especially on platforms such as X — previously known as Twitter — where it was claimed that Algeria’s Khelif had cheated and was a man participating in the women’s category. Rublev, after watching such videos, posted a detailed message on social media where he claimed that it was not fair to Italy’s Carini to compete with a biological man.

“The way I grew up, since I was a kid, is that I was taught to protect women,” he wrote. “No matter what the situation is with a woman, nothing can be worst for a man than hurting a woman physically. And now on the biggest and most important sporting event ‘Olympic Games’ we see live how a man who identifies as a woman is hitting a women (saying it’s equal rights boxing) and no one is stopping this. If a man would identify as a kid, would they let him compete on a kids boxing tournament? This is something I will never understand. I feel really sorry for the Italian athlete who was preparing for a long time for this moment.”

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World number nine later received strong backlash from the platform users for spreading misinformation, as it was cleared later that Khelif was indeed a woman and that she had done nothing wrong in participating in an event where she was allowed to participate. Rubleve not only then deleted the earlier post but also posted a detailed message where he apologised to the Algerian boxer and highlighted why he posted a detailed message first and what his intention was.

“I decided to post it because, first of all, I wanted to make an opinion that I’m against women’s violence, any towards women,” he wrote in his second post. “And I did that post. So it was nothing against anyone, it was just that I was against violence towards women. And then I didn’t – it was my bad – I didn’t check enough all the information, all the news. Because the sports website that I checked – I don’t want to blame them and take out responsibility of mine – it’s still my responsibility that I did that mistake and I didn’t check enough. So I’m sorry and I want to apologise that I didn’t check that information, and that’s why I take it out.”

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Tuff as hell” – Frances Tiafoe reacts to girlfriend Ayan Broomfield cheering him on in custom D.C. United jersey as the American reaches Citi Open SF

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Modified Aug 04, 2024 03:06 GMT

Frances Tiafoe and girlfriend Ayan Broomfield (Source: Getty Images)

Frances Tiafoe’s girlfriend Ayan Broomfield showed her support for her boyfriend in a unique way during his quarterfinal match against top seed Andrey Rublev at the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open. Broomfield wore a custom D.C. United jersey with Tiafoe’s name and number ‘85’ on it.

The current World No. 29 made his pro debut at Mubadala Citi DC Open ten years ago, and has been chasing his first title in Washington ever since, reaching the quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023, but falling to the eventual champions Nick Kyrgios and Daniel Evans, respectively.

At the 2024 Mubadala Citi DC Open, Tiafoe reached his first semifinal in his hometown tournament, after beating the top seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6. The 26-year-old also defeated Daniel Elahi Galan and Aleksandar Kovacevic in the previous rounds.

Tiafoe said he felt incredible to play in front of his home crowd and that he could feel the love they had for him.

“I saw the crowd and I was like, ‘God, it’s going to be epic tonight,’ ” Tiafoe said (via ATPTour.com). “I was even telling Andrey before, it’s going to be pretty rowdy. I was super happy to see everyone come out on a Friday night and want to come watch me. It was incredible.”

Tiafoe posted the picture of Broomfield in her custom jersey on his Instagram story on August 3.

“Tuff as hell 💗💗,” Tiafoe captioned.

Frances Tiafoe on Instagram (instagram.com/bigfoe1998/)

Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda set for All-American showdown at Mubadala Citi DC Open SF

Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda will face each other in the semifinal of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Saturday, August 3. Both players are seeking their first title of the 2024 season at the only combined ATP-WTA 500-level tennis tournament in the world.

Fourth seed Korda received a bye in the first round and defeated Cristian Garin, and Thanasi Kokkinakis (walkover) en route to the last eight where he won 6-4, 6-2 against seventh seed Jordan Thompson. The 24-year-old, who won his maiden ATP title in Parma in 2023, is aiming to reach his second final of the year.

This will be the sixth meeting between Tiafoe and Korda on the ATP Tour, with the former holding a 3-2 edge in their head-to-head record. Tiafoe won their matches in New York (2018), Indian Wells (2021), and Estoril (2022), while Korda prevailed in their last two encounters at Cincinnati (2022) and Queen’s Club (2023).

The winner of this match will face either tenth seed Flavio Cobolli or second seed Ben Shelton in the final.