In the second round of the tournament held today in Monte Carlo, Russia’s Andrey Rublev took a strong win against Spain’s Jaume Munar. The match ended with the sixth racket win with the scores of 4:6, 6:2, 6:2.
The duration of the interview was 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Rublev filed exactly once, made a couple of mistakes and converted 6 out of 10 breakpoints.
Recall that the other Russians also made it to the second round. Ivan Gakhov defeated US representative Mackenzie McDonald in three sets. Karen Khachanov defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, giving only four games.. Daniil Medvedev will start the second round immediately and face Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
Andrey Rublev ranks sixth in the Professional Tennis Players Association (ATP) rankings. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is the leader with 7160 points. In second place is Spain’s Carlos Alquiaras (6780 points). He defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final of the tournament held in Indian Wells (USA). The top three are closed by Stefanos Tsitsipas (5770 points) from Greece. Medvedev remains the best of the Russians, dropping from fourth to fifth on Monday.