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It looks like a horror movie, but it surely’s not like that: what Andrey Rublev experiences in Slam tournaments is a nightmare. A type of curse that the Russian tennis participant has not but managed to interrupt, in a really optimistic profession, which lacks an amazing end result within the Majors.
Having now grow to be a prime tennis participant, able to gaining the satisfaction of additionally triumphing in an ATP Grasp 1000 in 2023, when he defeated Holger Rune in Monte Carlo, Rublev’s relationship with the 4 Majors has at all times been fairly difficult.
A relentless progress licensed by his nearly fixed presence among the many greatest eight of the event, vital paths that promptly cease on the quarter-finals.
With the defeat in three units towards Jannik Sinner on the Australian Open 2024, the Russian tennis participant turned the primary participant on the ATP Tour within the Open Period to lose the primary 10 occasions he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, the second in absolute after Manuela Maleeva.
A destructive file that won’t please the present quantity 5 within the ATP rating, who because the first time he reached the quarter-finals, on the 2017 US Open, has by no means managed to go additional, additionally due to some fairly unlucky pairings , on condition that on 8 events the Russian confronted gamers with a better rating than him.
Rublev was unable to interrupt the curse even on this version of the Australian Open, in a fairly difficult match towards Jannik Sinner, who has not but conceded even a set in all the event.
The Italian tennis participant gained in two hours and 41 minutes with a rating of 6-4 7-6 (5) 6-3, in a match through which he at all times managed to take care of serve. Rublev will attempt to reverse this destructive pattern on the Roland Garros, on a floor that isn’t precisely congenial to him.
Rublev and Sinner, a match that began very late
The match between Sinner and Rublev began many hours late because of the lengthy matches that characterised the daytime session.
The Italian mentioned about it: “It was positively a troublesome match. We all know one another nicely and every time we play higher towards one another. I anticipated a fairly quick match, with out lengthy rallies. That is the way it went within the first set, then we we each began to reply higher.
I am actually proud of the efficiency and with being within the semi-finals. Time and potential change of pitch? We did not know precisely once we would play and there was discuss of a potential change of courtroom.
I would not have had any issues someway. It is at all times a pleasure to play within the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event, so it does not actually matter the place you play. Clearly it is a privilege to play on Centrale, however I used to be solely centered on the match.”
