Article by David Istrate – published Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 23:16 / Updated Tuesday, April 29, 2025 23:23
Svytoslav Gulin (22 years old, 407 ATP) was disqualified in the first round of the M25 Sabadell ITF tournament, after making several obscene signs to the referee, which at and cursed.
After a long time spent in Turkey, where he played at 5 ITF tournaments, winning 2 of them, Svyatoslav Gulin left for Spain, in Sabadell, a city near Barcelona. In the first round, the Russian met with Alejo Sanchez Quilez (19 years, 596 ATP), with chances of gaining the 14th victory in the last 15 matches.
Svyatoslav Gulin, disqualified by unacceptable behavior towards the referee
The favorite number 6 of the tournament awarded its first set (7-5), after 56 minutes. There followed a sequence in which the Iberian evolved better and managed to equalize (3-6). If the first two sets understood that a balanced decisive sequence followed, the situation did not stay that way.
Gulin won 4 consecutive games and the end seemed to be just a formality. However, after the 4th game ended, the Russian enjoyed excessively and began to swear the referee. Gulin continued to put his hand in the intimate parts and make obscene gestures.
Svyatoslav Gulin Got Detaulted for Making These Gestures and Swearing at the Fill While Being Up 4-0 in Set 3 vs Alejo
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The 22 -year -old player's intolerable behavior was not without consequences. The referee made the decision to disqualify the Gulin, who was a few steps away from the optimal qualification.
Instead, Alejo Sanchez Quilez passed in the next phase, where he will give either Dominican Nick Hardt (24 years, 459 ATP), or by the Spanish Alejandro Juan Mano (20 years, 1331 ATP).
In March, Gullin won two ITF tournaments in Antalya. In the final of the M15 Antalya 8 tournament, the Russian defeated the Romanian Stefan Adrian Andreescu (23 years, 706 ATP), score 6-2, 0-6, 6-4, and, in the final of the M15 Antalya 9, he overtook the compatriot Andrey Chepelev (26 years, 638 ATP), 6-3, 6-1.
