Adelaide (Australia) – One of the most outspoken and unfiltered characters on the circuit, Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik didn’t hold back in criticizing the career endings of former world number ones Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. According to him, the Spanish and British players have dragged their careers on for too long, turning their final moments on the tour into something resembling a circus.

“I want to exit on a high note. Of course, I’m not Rafa; my legacy will be much smaller, if it can even be called that. What happened with Andy and Rafa was a circus. I can’t describe it any other way,” Bublik stated in an interview with Russian outlet Match TV.

“They achieved everything, even we players look at them in awe in the locker room, but then you see one of them bald and old. It’s clear that they are not the same anymore and never will be. In my opinion, that’s quite sad, not a circus. It would probably be more accurate to say that. Although Rafa still managed to exit on his own terms,” the Kazakh commented.