'Not enough has been done about it,' Andy Murray labels himself guilty of meltdown against line officials after Andrey Rublev’s controversial exchange in Dubai

While admitting that he has also been guilty of such emotional outbursts, Murray advocated for better on-court behavior. The British veteran pointed out the increase in the frequency of such emotional outbursts and claimed that not much has been done to stop such incidents.

All of us players - and I think I've been guilty of it myself - we need to be a little bit careful of the way that we speak to and treat officials. I understand in the heat of battle and stuff, sometimes things happen. But for the last four or five years, there have been a number of instances where lines have probably been crossed and maybe not enough has been done about it. Andy Murray said via Indian Wells press.

Andy Murray asks fellow players to take cue from rugby players

Andy Murray said that there is a need for introspection and players need to rethink their on-court behavior. The Briton also cited rugby’s example and asked his fellow players to take cues from there about how to treat match officials.

We all probably need to have a bit of a look at ourselves and go, 'Is this really the way that we want to be dealing with officials, with bad line calls and things?' Rugby is a great example for how to deal with officials. Everything is dealt with respectfully. We probably could do a better job with it in tennis as well. Andy Murray said.

Notably, rugby is considered one of the aggressive sports and Murray seems to highlight that if players so high on adrenaline can control their emotions while dealing with match officials, tennis players can also replicate that behavior.

Coming to the Andrey Rublev controversy, the Russian ATP star was defaulted for his behavior. However, the ATP reinstated his prize money and ranking points following an appeal from the player.

Rublev then thanked the governing body for their decision but did not acknowledge his fault and neither did he apologize. This caused an uproar among the fans who thrashed the Russian ace.

It is also worth mentioning that Murray is all set to face Rublev in his second-round match at the 2024 Indian Wells.