Russian Tennis Federation (RFF) Vice President Alexey Selivanenko said that Russian Andrei Rublev, who failed to win the Masters title in Shanghai, showed excellent tennis throughout the tournament. His words guide the way “Sports Express”.
“It was an equal match between two equal, first-class opponents, in which everything was decided by just a couple of goals and Andrei’s momentary loss of concentration during the deciding set tiebreaker,” said Selivanenko.
Rublev lost the final to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz. The match, which lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes, ended with the score of 6:3, 3:6, 7:6 (10:8).
Rublev played in the final of the Masters series tournament for the second time this season. In April, the Russian became the winner of the competition, defeating Dane Holger Rune in the decisive match in Monte Carlo.
Rublev is ranked seventh in the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) rankings with 4,550 points. Serbian Novak Djokovic continues to lead with 11,545 points. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 8,715 points. Russian Daniil Medvedev (7490 points) completed the top three. Hurkacz is ranked 17th. Rublev will move up two places in the ATP rankings thanks to reaching the final of the tournament in Shanghai on October 16.
It was previously clear how many there were. acquired Rublev for the tournament in Shanghai.