Rublev turned Wimbledon upside down with the coup of the year

The public who attended this Sunday at the center court of All England Tennis Club lived one of those moments that remains etched in memory.

It was in the first match of the day, facing Andrey Rublev with Alexander Bublik. The Russian prepares to serve for the match, with 5-4 in the fifth set and 30-15 in his favorwhen he presented to those present the coup of what we are doing this year.

Bublik dominated from the back of the court and, with a powerful down-the-line backhand, seemed to seal the point. What the Kazakh didn’t expect was his rival’s response.

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Seeing that he barely made it there, decided to throw himself at the plate to hit the ball, with unparalleled results: winning blow that left Bublik with this face.

A point later, Rublev closed out the game and reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the eighth time. His rival will appear in the rivalry that will end with Novak Djokovic and Hubert Hurkacz this Monday.

In his previous match, against David Goffin, Rublev achieved a new point and, at this rate, he can take home an exhibition video after the tournament.

“The feeling that at least I have an amazing point in my careerRublev said in the press room.

“I don’t know if I will ever feel this feeling again. With this result, in the last set, on Center Court at Wimbledon, in front of the whole crowd, with such a close score at the end of the match, and with the blow that this I don’t know how many times you will experience such moments in life. It was one of the best moments of my lifehe continued.

“I was too scared. Then in the game against (David) Goffin, I don’t know, it just seemed natural. I really threw myself. And now, I don’t know, I threw myself with a foot, or something like that. I don’t know how I did it. I didn’t even see the ball. I didn’t even see how I hurt him. I don’t know what it’s called” he concluded.