“It’s crazy, but the good thing about sport, that everything can change instantly. And it’s normal to have ups and downs,” explained the first finalist of the Masters 1000 ATP Mutua Madrid Open, the Russian. Andrey Rublevwho came to Caja Mágica in crisis after four consecutive defeats.
Everything changed in an event that did not go well in the past. Suddenly, five straight wins, in his 25th ATP Tour final, the sixth in the ATP Masters 1000 category.
He was the executioner in the second round of the two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz, Rublev made a space for himself that he wanted to lead him to be the successor of Murcian, who again injured his right arm. The Russian, 26 years old and world number 8, defeated the American 6-4 and 6-3, in 1h.12′ Taylor Fritz 26 years old and number 13.
Rublev He is close to the record between them, there are 4 wins in 9 games, with a 2-0 advantage on clay, the surface that marks the differences in his favor compared to the North American.
Monte Carlo Champion 2023, the Spanish student Fernando Vicente and Beto Martín He will fight for the trophy on Sunday against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime or the checkor Jiri Leheckawhich plays this Friday at 8 pm.
“There was a lot of pressure, we both felt it, but the serve helped me a lot,” stressed Rublev, who already had his main weapon in the serve against Alcaraz, who expressly commented on it online.
Source: La Verdad
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