ATP: Andrey Rublev needs to improve his attitude
The Russian Andrey Rublev was also quite self-critical at the Mubadala World Tennis Championships despite his tournament victory.
by tennisnet.com
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Dec 20, 2021, 11:23 am
By winning the Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi, Andrey Rublev set a small exclamation mark for the coming 2022 season. With victories over Denis Shapovalov and Andy Murray, the current fifth in the world rankings was in good shape. Now it is time to transport the form into January - and also to work on the professional mind-set.
For example, industry leader Novak Djokovic had attested the 24-year-old to have mental weaknesses in the past: “He's a player who struggles when something goes wrong. He makes too many unforced mistakes. ”Djokovic's assessment can also be read off well in the Moscow man's statistics. In decisive games Rublev loses his constancy far too often and, as in the finals in Monte Carlo or Cincinnati, has to suffer too clear defeats.
"Djokovic is absolutely right on the subject"
The Russian himself sees it that way and did not hide in the United Arab Emirates that he has not yet found the right attitude for the very, very top: “That is very clear to me and Djokovic is absolutely right on the subject. The process of controlling one's emotions always takes time. For me there are times when I am controlled for five games, but the next two or three games I am not controlled. "
The eight-time ATP tournament champion already sees an increase in 2021 compared to the previous seasons, but there is still plenty of potential upwards: "I'm already better on the way and behave more consistently than in 2020, but if I am with the best of the World compare, it is not enough. That's why I always say that I have to improve this aspect. ”Rublev will have the opportunity to do so from January 1, 2022 at the ATP Cup in Sydney.