Andriej Rubliow

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Cincy21: 2. finał M-1000.

[4] Andriej Rubliow d. [1] Daniił Miedwiediew 26 63 64

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Będzie o krok od numeru 3 w race, jeżeli weźmie cały turniej.

[Damian]

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Finał w Cincinnati.


W&S Open twitter

24-letni Rubliow zapisał na swoim koncie czwarty finał w tym roku (1-3). Na kortach w Cincinnati lepszy okazał się Sasza Zverev. Rubliow ma na koncie 13 zawodowych finałów (8-5).

Andriej Rubliow - przegrane finały (5):
2021 (2) ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati, Halle, ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo
2019 (1) Hamburg
2018 (1) Doha

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Rublev: ‘It’s All About The Mental Side’ Against Zverev

Spoiler:

Russian falls in second ATP Masters 1000 final this season
Andrey Rublev is a firm believer streaks are meant to be broken. But having snapped one against compatriot Daniil Medvedev in the Western & Southern Open semi-finals on Saturday, a repeat of the feat against Alexander Zverev proved a bridge too far on Sunday.

Zverev captured his fifth ATP Masters 1000 title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory and took his ATP Head2Head record to 5-0 against the Russian. Rublev was attempting to win his first match in five ATP Head2Head meetings for the second day running, after he had done so against top seed Medvedev.

The 23-year-old had lost all 10 sets against Medvedev and all nine against Zverev coming into Cincinnati. While he managed to turn the tide in the semi-finals, he admitted there was still a hurdle to figure out the Zverev puzzle at tour level.


“Maybe you need to win at least once… to find this key,” Rublev said. “Sometimes when you're losing match by match, in the end it's not easy. And you can see that the way I lost a couple of times to him [did not feel] real, because it's a bit too easy, the score is much easier, and the match is much easier than it should be.

“We play in practices, and it's always… tough sets. You can see that we play a similar level. And then when you go [into the] match and you're losing like today, 2 and 3, it's more mental. It's not about game.

“It's all about [the] mental [side] that you need to find the key how to behave inside of yourself in these matches. Because the game is there, so it's not about the game.”


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In the second ATP Masters 1000 final of his career, following a runner-up showing to Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in May, Rublev made a nervous start as he lost his opening two service games. It was the only opening Zverev required to extend his winning streak to 11 matches, following his Tokyo Olympics gold medal run.

“In the end that was the key to the beginning that I couldn't save my serve. I said then you feel a bit more down that he's serving so good, and it's going to be super tough to break him,” Rublev said. “Even if he [makes] some mistakes, he still has [the] advantage. Plus he's now on super confidence after the Olympic Games, winning some great matches here.

“… When you start a break down – even I know by myself when I break someone in the first game – it's double easier to play after. So that was, in the end, the key.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rublev- ... 021-sunday

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Rublev Masters Karlovic’s Serve At US Open

Spoiler:

The Russian will next face Duckworth or Martinez

Fifth seed Andrey Rublev produced a strong returning performance Monday to conquer 6’ 11” Croatian qualifier Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-3 and reach the second round at the US Open.

The Russian has struggled against big servers in the past, holding a 0-3 record against 6’ 10” American John Isner. However, in Rublev’s first meeting with Karlovic, he was able to neutralise the 42-year-old's main threat as he broke twice to advance in one hour and 36 minutes.

The 23-year-old, who fired 27 winners past Karlovic, has fond memories of New York. In 2017, a 19-year-old Rublev became the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001. The eight-time tour-level titlist also advanced to the last eight at Flushing Meadows last year.

Rublev arrived at the US Open in form after earning his first victory over countryman Daniil Medvedev en route to his second ATP Masters 1000 final in Cincinnati earlier this month. Rublev will look to continue his momentum against Australian James Duckworth or Spaniard Pedro Martinez in the second round.

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Rublev made a fast start against Karlovic, breaking immediately when the Croatian found the net with a volley. The Russian won 50 per cent of points on Karlovic’s second serve and fired 10 winners to lead. With no break points on offer in the second set, Rublev was patient as they moved to a tie-break. He was then able to find the feet of Karlovic twice on return to take further control, before cruising through the third set to seal his victory.

At 42, Karlovic became the oldest player to qualify at the US Open in the Open Era. Before coming through three matches in qualifying, the former World No. 14 had not won consecutive matches at any level since reaching the final of an ATP Challenger Tour event in Houston in November 2019.

With victory, the Croatian would have become the oldest player to defeat a Top 10 opponent at a major since the start of the FedEx ATP Rankings in 1973.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rublev- ... 021-monday

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USO21 R2:

4 Alexander Zverev 7085
5 Andriej Rubliow 6130
6 Rafael Nadal 5815

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