World no. 9 Andrey Rublev will work with the previous world no. 1 Marat Safin in the course of the clay swing! Whereas Fernando Vicente stays Andrey’s coach, the Russian will search new enhancements in his sport with the previous Main champion.
Rublev and Safin have been speaking loads just lately. The retired participant has been serving to the struggling star to embrace much less unfavourable mindset and overcome his psychological points. Regardless of remaining within the top-10, Andrey has been struggling to seek out consistency for a few years.
Additionally, now we have seen many outburst and tantrums when issues weren’t going his means, together with hurting himself with a racquet! Rublev had been taking anti-depressants for a 12 months, and all of it stopped when Safin stepped in spoke to him.
Rublev was defaulted from his match in opposition to Bublik
He yelled within the line judges face bc of a name he didn’t agree with.
Andrey says he didn’t say any profanities to the road choose in Russian
Bublik says: “I’m okay to proceed.”
Loopy ending… wow.pic.twitter.com/wBinfhgB1a
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) March 1, 2024
Andrey embraced a 43-26 rating in 2024. He performed nicely in the beginning of the season earlier than experiencing a default on the ATP 500 Dubai Open. The Russian struggled to recuperate for a few months, though we noticed him lifting the Madrid Masters trophy.
Rublev had a few extra good outcomes by the top of the season and entered the ATP Finals the place he took just one set. Andrey made a horrible begin to the 2025 season earlier than discovering the shape in February.
He conquered the ATP 500 occasion in Doha over Alex de Minaur, Felix Auger-Alliasime and Jack Draper to stay within the top-10. Nonetheless, Rublev misplaced his type once more and skilled early exits in Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami.
The Russian will search a contemporary begin with Marat Safin in his field in Monte Carlo. Safin will work as a coach for the primary time in his profession, though he led the Russian squad on the ATP Cup.
