Alexander Bublik: I hate tennis with all my heart.

[Fairhit]

World number 55 Alexander Bublik has admitted that he “hates tennis” and only plays for the money.
In a truly shocking revelation, the Russian born player who now represents Kazakhstan said in an interview with French newspaper L’Équipe:
“I hate tennis with all my heart. To be honest, I don’t see something positive in being a tennis player. I only play for money. If there was no money, I would stop playing tennis instantly. I haven’t earned enough money, in any other case I would have already retired.

After winning his first-round match at The Open 13 ATP event in Marseille, France, Bublik added:
“I will probably die playing tennis. But it is difficult, being a professional, to play every day, always with new opponents, even if you have pain everywhere”.
“Even if you divorce, if you separate from your girlfriend, you have to play and if you lose everyone asks you why you lost. This is the part of tennis that I hate”
The 22-year-old currently has a career win-loss record of 25-29 (W-L) and has so far made $1,347,179 USD from his short career.
Given the fact that many aspiring tennis players give up due to finances and the meager prize money that is given on the lower level ATP and WTA events, Bublik’s statements are sure to annoy many of his fellow players.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Cannot expect all tennis players on tour love the sport whole heartedly.
People are different and are into sports for different reasons.

 

[norcal]

The Bublix cube is hard to solve indeed.

 

[DSH]

 

[Deleted member 733170]

Didn’t David Ferrer made the same whinge and his dad said well you are always welcome to go back to the building site.

Seriously though tennis is a tough sport as there is nowhere to hide like with so many other team sports.

 

[am1899]

Then don’t play.

 

[tennisgurl]

Didn’t David Ferrer made the same whinge and his dad said well you are always welcome to go back to the building site.

Seriously though tennis is a tough sport as there is nowhere to hide like with so many other team sports.

Yeah I agree about tennis being a tough sport, for sure. And I think that was his coach (who used to lock him in closet too at times).

 

[DjokoLand]

Didn’t David Ferrer made the same whinge and his dad said well you are always welcome to go back to the building site.

Seriously though tennis is a tough sport as there is nowhere to hide like with so many other team sports.

It’s also a lonely sport no team mates just you it can be depressing

 

[Antonio Puente]

Someone please get Bublik signed up at TTW. If he were exposed daily to the positivity of this forum, I'm sure his love for the game would grow.

 

[accidental]

Kids these days

 

[Shaolin]

I kinda understand how he feels. I'm a professional artist and people think it must be fun. It's actually very lonely and tedious work. I have no interaction with anyone ever so I teach tennis as well just to be around happy people. Unfortunately I have no skills besides art, I'd rather do anything else.

 

[Antonio Puente]

. It's actually very lonely and tedious work.

Once you get into it, nothing is as glamorous as it seems. A Hollywood actor on set until 5:00 AM doing 100 takes isn't having much fun. Same for a musician doing take after take in a studio, playing the same songs night after night, year after year. Once something becomes your job, it takes on a completely different feel.

 

[r2473]

I kinda understand how he feels. I'm a professional artist and people think it must be fun. It's actually very lonely and tedious work. I have no interaction with anyone ever so I teach tennis as well just to be around happy people. Unfortunately I have no skills besides art, I'd rather do anything else.

I’m looking for some good books that go over “famous” paintings and explain them in some detail. Do you have any suggestions?

 

[Mainad]

Didn’t David Ferrer made the same whinge and his dad said well you are always welcome to go back to the building site.

It was his first coach, Javier Piles who said this:

From Ferrer's Wiki entry:

"Once, as a teenager, when Ferrer did not practice hard enough, his coach, Javier Piles, locked him in a completely dark 2m x 2m ball closet for several hours, giving him only a piece of bread and a bit of water. After this incident he was fed up with tennis and went to work at a construction site, but after a week he returned to Piles and asked if he could remain at the club and play tennis. Piles continued to coach Ferrer until they parted ways at the end of 2013. Ferrer has said he considers Piles to be like a second father to him."

 

[Shaolin]

I’m looking for some good books that go over “famous” paintings and explain them in some detail. Do you have any suggestions?

Wish I did. I don't read about art much. For me art is about the feeling I get when I see it and the techniques used. I like mostly street/ graffiti artists to be honest. The purest form of visual art imo.

 

[r2473]

Wish I did. I don't read about art much. For me art is about the feeling I get when I see it and the techniques used. I like mostly street/ graffiti artists to be honest. The purest form of visual art imo.

Right. You understand the techniques used because it’s what you do. I have to read about them.

 

[Shaolin]

Right. You understand the techniques used because it’s what you do. I have to read about them.

If I think of something good I'll let you know.

Some artists that I enjoy are Phil Frost, Swoon, Jose Parla, Barry Mcgee, Shida, Ashevak Kenojuak, Thomas Cambell, El Anatsui, Kenzo Okada, Evan Hecox and Sid Parasinis among others.

Image search any of these artists and you'll find a lot of different styles and techniques. One thing I value is different kinds of media being used and originality. If you look at Frost for instance he is using white out, spray paint and lots of different layers with etching built in. I love the depth and thats something I crave seeing in paintings. Parla is like that too. If you like traditional landscape type stuff one guy I like a lot is Franz Bischoff. Beautiful colors and depth. He paints landscapes the way I would want to if I did them.

 

[deaner2211]

World number 55 Alexander Bublik has admitted that he “hates tennis” and only plays for the money.
In a truly shocking revelation, the Russian born player who now represents Kazakhstan said in an interview with French newspaper L’Équipe:
“I hate tennis with all my heart. To be honest, I don’t see something positive in being a tennis player. I only play for money. If there was no money, I would stop playing tennis instantly. I haven’t earned enough money, in any other case I would have already retired.

After winning his first-round match at The Open 13 ATP event in Marseille, France, Bublik added:
“I will probably die playing tennis. But it is difficult, being a professional, to play every day, always with new opponents, even if you have pain everywhere”.
“Even if you divorce, if you separate from your girlfriend, you have to play and if you lose everyone asks you why you lost. This is the part of tennis that I hate”
The 22-year-old currently has a career win-loss record of 25-29 (W-L) and has so far made $1,347,179 USD from his short career.
Given the fact that many aspiring tennis players give up due to finances and the meager prize money that is given on the lower level ATP and WTA events, Bublik’s statements are sure to annoy many of his fellow players.

The only sport where you can suck and make millions. By this reason, Bublik should love tennis.

 

[Deleted member 22147]

The only sport where you can suck and make millions. By this reason, Bublik should love tennis.

No. Football (real football, not that American rugby thing) is definitely the best example of that.

 

[toby55555]

The Gareth Bale of tennis albeit not in his earnings bracket.

 

[toby55555]

The only sport where you can suck and make millions. By this reason, Bublik should love tennis.

Also the only sport I know where you can be a poor player and make good money coaching especially groups of kids. Golf clubs require a much higher playing standard of coaches.

 

[bluetrain4]

"I only play for money. If there was no money, I would stop playing tennis instantly. "

Welcome to the world of work. This is true for almost every type of job.

I have no problems with him voicing that. It's honest and, again, SO many people could say that about their jobs.

 

[deaner2211]

No. Football (real football, not that American rugby thing) is definitely the best example of that.

Americans don't play rugby that is for Australians.

 

[Fabresque]

World number 55 Alexander Bublik has admitted that he “hates tennis” and only plays for the money.
In a truly shocking revelation, the Russian born player who now represents Kazakhstan said in an interview with French newspaper L’Équipe:
“I hate tennis with all my heart. To be honest, I don’t see something positive in being a tennis player. I only play for money. If there was no money, I would stop playing tennis instantly. I haven’t earned enough money, in any other case I would have already retired.

After winning his first-round match at The Open 13 ATP event in Marseille, France, Bublik added:
“I will probably die playing tennis. But it is difficult, being a professional, to play every day, always with new opponents, even if you have pain everywhere”.
“Even if you divorce, if you separate from your girlfriend, you have to play and if you lose everyone asks you why you lost. This is the part of tennis that I hate”
The 22-year-old currently has a career win-loss record of 25-29 (W-L) and has so far made $1,347,179 USD from his short career.
Given the fact that many aspiring tennis players give up due to finances and the meager prize money that is given on the lower level ATP and WTA events, Bublik’s statements are sure to annoy many of his fellow players.

And there’s nothing wrong with this, however:

Bublik did a Q&A on reddit where he clarified what he meant, stating that he actually loves tennis, but hates competing on tour because it gets tiring.

 

[clout]

The only sport where you can suck and make millions. By this reason, Bublik should love tennis.

If someone is the 55th best in the entire world at what they do, they sure as hell don’t suck at that. If anything they’ve close to mastered it

 

[big ted]

i get the feeling alot of players partially feel this way and its why nobody has the drive to dethrone the over 30 "big 3"..

 

[125downthemiddle]

This article sounds Onionesque lol

 

[BeatlesFan]

Agassi is an ATG and he hated tennis, so Bublik's late to the party:

https://honey.nine.com.au/summer-se...aus-open/ba85c282-d357-4a70-9585-927ab8889bf8

 

[deaner2211]

If someone is the 55th best in the entire world at what they do, they sure as hell don’t suck at that. If anything they’ve close to mastered it

He is one hell of a master being 31-31 with zero tournament wins. Just goes to show how weak tennis is when the 51st ranked player is that bad.

 

[CHillTennis]

World number 55 Alexander Bublik has admitted that he “hates tennis” and only plays for the money.
In a truly shocking revelation, the Russian born player who now represents Kazakhstan said in an interview with French newspaper L’Équipe:
“I hate tennis with all my heart. To be honest, I don’t see something positive in being a tennis player. I only play for money. If there was no money, I would stop playing tennis instantly. I haven’t earned enough money, in any other case I would have already retired.

After winning his first-round match at The Open 13 ATP event in Marseille, France, Bublik added:
“I will probably die playing tennis. But it is difficult, being a professional, to play every day, always with new opponents, even if you have pain everywhere”.
“Even if you divorce, if you separate from your girlfriend, you have to play and if you lose everyone asks you why you lost. This is the part of tennis that I hate”
The 22-year-old currently has a career win-loss record of 25-29 (W-L) and has so far made $1,347,179 USD from his short career.
Given the fact that many aspiring tennis players give up due to finances and the meager prize money that is given on the lower level ATP and WTA events, Bublik’s statements are sure to annoy many of his fellow players.

He wouldn't be the first player to feel this way or sadly the last.

Tennis is a REAL grind when played at a high level.

I can't even imagine what it must be like for him.

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

He is one hell of a master being 31-31 with zero tournament wins. Just goes to show how weak tennis is when the 51st ranked player is that bad.

Lol no.
The 51st ranked player gets to play better/equal players than him in general. It's only reasonable that he would have a 50% win rate.
Lmao you make it sound like he is losing 50% of the time to geriatric rec players.

He is 6-0 in Challenger Tour finals and 4-1 in Future Tour finals.
Reached 2 ATP finals too. Lost both though but that doesn't mean tennis is weak at all.

There are other reasons for why tennis is weak right now.

 

[125downthemiddle]

He wouldn't be the first player to feel this way or sadly the last.

Tennis is a REAL grind when played at a high level.

I can't even imagine what it must be like for him.

I wouldn't feel so sorry for him, some people actually have to work for a living doing backbreaking manual labor.

 

[Diablo XP]

I wouldn't feel so sorry for him, some people actually have to work for a living doing backbreaking manual labor.

Quoted for truth.

 

[Arak]

Luckily tennis is very enjoyable as a hobby. But if I was a pro, I would hate it too!

 

[sredna42]

I wouldn't feel so sorry for him, some people actually have to work for a living doing backbreaking manual labor.

there's always someone who posts stuff like this. *I* do backbreaking physical labor, and I have no problem understanding where he is coming from.

 

[125downthemiddle]

there's always someone who posts stuff like this. *I* do backbreaking physical labor, and I have no problem understanding where he is coming from.

and always someone who posts something like that

 

[Mainad]

Agassi is an ATG and he hated tennis, so Bublik's late to the party:

https://honey.nine.com.au/summer-se...aus-open/ba85c282-d357-4a70-9585-927ab8889bf8

Would you ever hear a pro footballer or basketball player ever say they hated their sport with all their heart??

 

[deaner2211]

Lol no.
The 51st ranked player gets to play better/equal players than him in general. It's only reasonable that he would have a 50% win rate.
Lmao you make it sound like he is losing 50% of the time to geriatric rec players.

He is 6-0 in Challenger Tour finals and 4-1 in Future Tour finals.
Reached 2 ATP finals too. Lost both though but that doesn't mean tennis is weak at all.

There are other reasons for why tennis is weak right now.

There is something wrong with you! No one compared him to a rec player. He is a professional playing other professionals and he mediocre on the professional level.

 

[Antonio Puente]

I hate tennis with all my heart.

That's not enough to prevent a victory over Monfils.

 

[King No1e]

It was his first coach, Javier Piles who said this:

From Ferrer's Wiki entry:

"Once, as a teenager, when Ferrer did not practice hard enough, his coach, Javier Piles, locked him in a completely dark 2m x 2m ball closet for several hours, giving him only a piece of bread and a bit of water. After this incident he was fed up with tennis and went to work at a construction site, but after a week he returned to Piles and asked if he could remain at the club and play tennis. Piles continued to coach Ferrer until they parted ways at the end of 2013. Ferrer has said he considers Piles to be like a second father to him."

That's quite the origin story.
I think we can all agree Ferrer is a badass.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Bublik must be a masochist

 

[Patriots]

A lot of well paid people hate their jobs, but do it because they are good at it and it pays well.

Bublik isn't any different. Don't know why sports fans "romanticize" that players are in it for "the love of the game".

 

[JackGates]

Cannot expect all tennis players on tour love the sport whole heartedly.
People are different and are into sports for different reasons.

It's actually normal, most people don't like their jobs or working they just do it to survive. Most jobs are terrible. And usually people who love their jobs have a lot of talent, it comes a lot of easier to them. If you have talent at least you know hard work will get you somewhere so you get motivated more.

 

[Pmasterfunk]

A lot of well paid people hate their jobs, but do it because they are good at it and it pays well.

Bublik isn't any different. Don't know why sports fans "romanticize" that players are in it for "the love of the game".

Cuz marketing tells them so to rake in that sweet, sweet cash.

And not Pat Cash, actual money.

 

[thrust]

Cannot expect all tennis players on tour love the sport whole heartedly.
People are different and are into sports for different reasons.

Why would anyone believe he means that?

 

[big ted]

aside from too much $$ in the game, i think these days you have to
start playing so early to make it on tour that theyre usually forced into it
and thats where the problem comes..
my other theory is because theyre millennials

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Why would anyone believe he means that?

Heard about Andre Agassi?
Read up upon the careers of many players. Not for every tennis player tennis has been a joyful career.

 

[Italian Stallion]

Tennis is actually a pretty boring job. I should know because I was in the pros. I even knocked a big name out of a major once. But who was I? I will never tell you.

Spoiler

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Why would anyone believe he means that?

Try to get the full documentary.
Probably the worst person in tennis I know of.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Didn’t David Ferrer made the same whinge and his dad said well you are always welcome to go back to the building site.

Seriously though tennis is a tough sport as there is nowhere to hide like with so many other team sports.

I think Ferrer actually did leave in his earlier years and work a 9-5 job for a while. Ended up coming back and having a pretty solid career despite not being blessed with some physical attributes like height, etc. He was also a chain smoker in his earlier days as well, which earned him the moniker, "Senor Smoke."