Andriej Rubliow

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Rublev Works Hard At Foro Italico

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Russian star to face Bautista Agut on Thursday
Andrey Rublev found a way past Jan-Lennard Struff on Wednesday for a place in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

The seventh-seeded Russian bounced back from squandering two set points in the first set to break Struff, this year’s BMW Open runner-up, 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-4 in two hours and 17 minutes on Court 4.


World No. 7 Rublev, who lost to Hubert Hurkacz in the second round on his Rome debut last year, is now 28-7 on the season, which includes his eighth ATP Tour title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

The 23-year-old, who has also reached the Miami Open presented by Itau semi-finals (l. to Hurkacz) and the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final (l. to Tsitsipas) this year, will now challenge No. 10 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in Rome.

Rublev, who had beaten Struff in three sets at the ATP Cup in February, led 6/4 in the first set tie-break, but struck two backhand winners. Struff closed out the 60-minute opener with an ace, but Rublev responded.

In tightening up his return game, Rublev put Struff under pressure on serve and the German’s error count started to rise, with breaks of serve in the third and sixth games of the second set, which lasted just 27 minutes. Rublev struck a forehand winner to break for a 2-1 lead in the decider that ended with the Russian saving three break points in an 18-point game.

How To Watch

Bautista Agut, this season’s runner-up at the Open Sud de France (l. to Goffin) and Qatar ExxonMobil Open (l. to Basilashvili), wore down Cristian Garin 7-6(5), 6-3 in just over two hours. The first set lasted 72 minutes.

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Rzym21: pierwszy raz w 3. rundzie na Foro Italico.

[7] Andriej Rubliow d. Jan-Lennard Struff 67(7) 61 64

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Rzym21: 4. ćwierćfinał M-1000!

[7] Andriej Rubliow d. [10] Roberto Bautista Agut 64 64

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Rublev Grinds Down Bautista Agut To Reach Quarter-Finals

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Russian awaits winner of Thiem and Sonego
Seventh seed Andrey Rublev closed out the action on Pietrangeli with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 victory over 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday to reach his first quarter-final at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.

It was the pair’s third meeting of the season, with Bautista Agut ending Rublev’s nine-match winning streak at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha and the Russian gaining his revenge en route to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final a few weeks later.

At the Foro Italico, the Russian fired 23 winners to Bautista Agut’s 12 (including five aces) to improve his ATP Head2Head record against the Spaniard to 3-3 and claim a tour-leading 29th victory (tied with Tsitsipas) of the year.

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Into his seventh quarter-final of the season – and his first in Rome – Rublev awaits the winner of fourth seed Dominic Thiem and home favourite Lorenzo Sonego.

Rublev got off to an early break in both sets, but the 10th-seeded Spaniard never let him race too far ahead. He met Rublev blow-for-blow at the baseline, and honed in on his vulnerable second serves to get a break back for 4-2 in the opening set, and saved four more break points to get within a game of levelling the score. But Rublev slammed the door shut with a series of forehand winners late in the set to maintain his one-break lead and close out the opening set.

How To Watch

With night falling in Rome – and the Eternal City's 10pm curfew rapidly approaching – Rublev and Bautista Agut remained locked in battle with one break apiece in the second set as fans cleared out of Pietrangeli. After the brief delay, it was Rublev who refocussed first, quickly breaking to 30 at 5-4 before closing out the victory in an hour and 29 minutes.

Doha finalist Bautista Agut was bidding to reach his first clay-court quarter-final of the year, and had won three of his last four matches against the Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings coming into the match.

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Rublev Insists ‘I Was Practising Well’ After Shock Exit

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Russian had previously beaten Struff twice this year
Andrey Rublev admitted his practice court form didn’t quite materialise on Tuesday, when the World No. 7 made a first-round exit to Jan-Lennard Struff at Roland Garros.

Rublev, who was considered a contender to Rafael Nadal in the same quarter of the draw, said, “I think I played a good level. [There] were many good rallies, good intensity. I was really unlucky, it was a really tough match, [a] tough opponent for the first round.”

Struff recorded the ninth Top 10 win of his career with a 6-3, 7-6(6), 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 victory over three hours and 46 minutes.

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“I was feeling fine,” said Rublev, who drops to a 29-9 match record on the season. “I was practising well. I don't know, I think we played a good level today. I played a solid two sets, third and fourth, and then the fifth set.

“I think I should have won the second set, but this is tennis, and I was serving for the set, and I didn't make it and then tie-break bit unlucky and he played well.”

The 23-year-old, who helped Russia claim the ATP Cup title prior to reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals (l. to Medvedev), advanced to his first ATP Masters 1000 final at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (l. to Tsitsipas) in April.

Rublev was impressed by Struff’s quality of play on Tuesday, having beaten the German at this year’s ATP Cup and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.

“He was playing better and better,” said Rublev. “He's improving and he's winning really great matches. Today, I think he was playing really well… from the beginning.”

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