ATP Masters Madrid: Andrey Rublev - "Real" tennis only on clay
Andrey Rublev is looking forward to the challenges at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. Especially on the topping.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: May 02, 2021, 04:53 pm
Andrey Rublev has won eight titles to date in his young career, two of them on clay. The premiere in 2017 in Umag 2107, when Rublev struck as Lucky Loser. And the Hamburg European Open last autumn, when Stefanos Tsitsipas's opponent was already serving up the tournament win. The red ash has already brought success to the Muscovite. And make Rublev the most fun of all the documents.
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"You have to be physically fit, smart," said Rublev when asked before the start of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. There would be no lucky coincidences on sand "On a hard court, it can happen that someone serves incredibly well and then hits a return at an important moment out of nowhere."
Rublev on course Thiem and Nadal
The season so far has been satisfactory for Andrey Rublev: In Rotterdam he won the ATP Tour 500 tournament, at least he reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, in which he failed again against Daniil Medvedev . In Doha and Dubai it was enough for the semi-finals, most recently in Monte Carlo Rublev was in the final (and lost to Tsitsipas). Jannik Sinner's last stop was in Barcelona.
Madrid will be a new challenge for Rublev, as well as for all the other players who haven't played or trained at high altitude in the past week. Andrey Rublev will open against Tommy Paul, a very manageable task, especially on clay. In the quarter-finals, Dominic Thiem would wait, in the semi-finals, record champion Rafael Nadal . And Rublev has already defeated him on ashes this year.
Here the single tableau in Madrid
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