{"id":326841,"date":"2023-08-29T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326841"},"modified":"2023-08-29T04:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T04:01:11","slug":"uproar-over-horrific-slur-claim-in-us-open-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326841","title":{"rendered":"Uproar over horrific slur claim in US Open clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik is at the centre of controversy after allegedly uttering an awful mid-match slur that disparaged people with disabilities during the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the second set of Bublik's match against Austria's Dominic Thiem, which Bublik lost 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, the world No.27 allegedly said in Russian: "I am sick of giving careers back to disabled people".<\/p>\n

Thiem won the 2020 US Open men's singles title and is a former \ufeffworld No.3, but a wrist injury derailed his career.<\/p>\n

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The \ufeff29-year-old's straight-sets victory over Bublik on Tuesday morning (AEST) marked his first grand slam win in more than two years.<\/p>\n

When Thiem was asked about\ufeff the alleged sledge in his press conference, he said he wasn't sure if the translation was correct.<\/p>\n

But he \ufeffcondemned the alleged slur when told by a reporter that the translation was right.<\/p>\n

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"It's a tough saying," Thiem said.<\/p>\n

"Something you shouldn't say in general, out of respect.<\/p>\n

"Maybe he didn't mean it that way or whatever.<\/p>\n

"What can I say about it?"<\/p>\n

Leading tennis journalist\ufeff Jos\u00e9 Morgado lashed Bublik on Twitter, accusing him of "a tremendous lack of respect".<\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios also weighed in, saying the alleged slur was "low-key horrible".\ufeff<\/p>\n

Bublik crashed out in the first round of a grand slam for the third time in 2023, while he also suffered his fourth defeat on the bounce.<\/p>\n

Thiem\ufeff will face American Ben Shelton in the second round of the US Open.<\/p>\n

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