Speaking after the match, Rublev said: “It was not about the flag. I said straightaway to the referee, it’s not about the flag, they can put any flag they want, I understand completely the situation. It was more that they started to tell me bad words and bad things. I said to the referee: ‘It’s not about the flag, but please can you tell them at least to not say bad words when I’m on the changeover.’” #ausopen #rublev #ukraine #russia #andreyrublev #ausopen2023