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[servesociety]

can i ask why you (and others) dislike bublik?

anon, do not even get me started. i hate even talking about him, but if you asked… there is a mountain of reasons why so many of us can’t stand bublik, and it goes way beyond “he’s just a character.” because honestly, he is a character, in the most negative sense of the word. the kind who mistakes cruelty for charisma and thinks being provocative is the same thing as being interesting.

let’s start with the worst of it. at the 2023 libéma open, during his match against david goffin, he went on a profanity-filled on-court tirade that included homophobic slurs. and this wasn’t some private moment caught on a hot mic. it happened on court, on the broadcast, in front of everyone watching, during pride month of all times. there really isn’t a charitable reading of that. it’s not “fiery,” it’s not “passionate,” it’s just ugly. then, later that year at the us open, while losing to dominic thiem, he muttered in russian that he was sick of “giving careers back to invalid people,” an ableist slur aimed at a player who was fighting his way back from a career-threatening wrist injury. bublik says awful things practically every other match, but this was disgusting even by his standards.

and that’s really the point: it is a pattern for him. it’s not one bad moment or one regrettable outburst. he called nadal and murray “bald and old” while talking about their retirements ceremonies, then later tried to wave it away as something that had been “lost in translation.” he said doubles players “pretend like they’re tennis players” and that the whole format is “just a joke.” he dismissed padel as something you play when you “can’t play doubles.” he mocked hubert hurkacz’s playing style during a match, and took a shot at arthur rinderknech’s appearance in geneva. it feels like everyone he plays, everyone beneath him, everyone who does the sport a little differently, eventually becomes the butt of the joke. and what makes it even worse, at least to me, is that there rarely seems to be any real remorse afterwards. more often than not, it’s brushed off as a joke, blamed on translation, or treated as though everyone else is simply too sensitive. after a while, it stops looking like someone who occasionally says the wrong thing and starts looking like someone who simply doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with saying it in the first place. it’s relentless, and after a while it just comes across as mean-spirited.

he also hosted the podcast episode where kyrgios hyped up the so-called “battle of the sexes” exhibition against aryna sabalenka with all the usual sexist comments and talking about women not being able to return the men’s serves. bublik seemed perfectly happy to sit there and play along, because that’s what he so often does: turn other people into the punchline and call it entertainment.

and the more you actually learn about his track record, the harder it becomes to see him as “funny” or “entertaining” at all. what you find instead is a long trail of genuinely offensive behaviour, homophobia, ableism and a constant habit of casually belittling other people. he’s a character, alright. just not the kind i and many have any interest in watching.

[valchhi]

no cap wimbynik

[gkdeamon]

filipino sports fans in the tl (if there are any?)

[polkadotmotmot]

Serving in multiple ways!

[valchhi]

#5inlondon

[janniksinnerdotorg]

hi.

oasisdotorg -> janniksinnerdotorg

[shesselectricc]

guys as ur resident irish girlie living in england i thought i would contribute !! the conor mcgregor case is so high profile in the uk that it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for noel not to know about it … i understand a lot of you guys aren’t from europe/the uk/roi but its important to remember that noel isn’t an idiot and 100% knows about this case, it is completely unacceptable for someone to be friends with a man who has been repeatedly accused of rape, raped a woman so bad her tampon had to be removed, has repeatedly associated himself with far right parties, and famously is the biggest piece of shit ever. as a man who claims to care so much about being irish this is the most anti irish thing ever and i’m sorry there’s no excusing it. i don’t wanna see anybody complaining about the fact they think he doesn’t know, or the fact that he’s older so apparently that excuses him from doing the wrong thing because he “is from that time” — rape has never and will never be okay. doesn’t matter how much you like him as a musician, at the end of the day he is notoriously known as an arsehole, has associated with horrible people and you should really think about all of these things. he’s repeatedly shown his support for mcgregor which i think is disgusting. it’s important we make people take accountability for these things, i have no respect for him atm

[srdcovka]

[grassy-noel]

🩵💙 boy with the blues 💙🩵

[cobakapavlova]

[danaes-silver-hammer]

Excuse me

[danaes-silver-hammer]

England players and fans singing Wonderwall after their victory against México! — July 5, 2026

[martapreliy]

When I was a kid, I really loved Kiki, and that's probably why I made a SECOND poster with her. Or maybe I just wanted to draw some bread, I don't know…

[64mpg]

it has always been a dream of mine to relax

[64mpg]

it’s just not possible

[janniksinnerdotorg]

THEY DISCONTINUED MY FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR IM DEVASTATED FUUUUUUUUCK EVERYTHING

[janniksinnerdotorg]

im gonna make it myself now arent i

[pochayun]

spin the wheel and assign an animal to prev

[janniksinnerdotorg]

THEY DISCONTINUED MY FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR IM DEVASTATED FUUUUUUUUCK EVERYTHING