ATP Doha: Shaky victory for Rublev, Auger-Aliassime also has to fight
Tournament favorite Andrey Rublev made it into the quarterfinals of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha with the greatest problems. Félix Auger-Aliassime was also not able to convince on his first appearance.
by tennisnet.com
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Feb 22, 2023, 05:37 pm
That was close for Andrey Rublev in his first appearance at the ATP Tour 250 event in Doha. The Russian tournament favorite had to fend off three match points against Tallon Griekspoor in the third set before he was finally able to assert himself 1: 6, 6: 1 and 7: 6 (6). Griekspoor, who had recently beaten Alexander Zverev in Rotterdam and later reached the semifinals, served on the surprise when the score was 5: 3. But Rublev fought back and made the comeback in the last impression. But then it took three attempts in the tie-break to finally close the sack.
In the quarterfinals Rubev now plays against Jiri Lehecka. The young Czech won against Emil Ruusuvuori 6:4 and 7:6 (2).
Félix Auger-Aliassime also had to fight hard. The second seeded Canadian won after a slow start against Jason Kubler 4:6, 6:1 and 6:4.