Famous former domestic tennis player Andrei Olkhovsky commented to socialbites.ca about the impact on Russian Andrei Rublev of the defeat to his compatriot Daniil Medvedev in the first round of the last ATP tournament of the year, saying that it would not have a negative impact. in his case.
“On the contrary, I think he will be ready now. Andrey poured out his emotions in this match. Now this tension should give him some relief and I think he should show good tennis,” says Olkhovsky.
In the first match of the ATP Final Tournament of the Year, Rublev was defeated by Medvedev with scores of 4:6 and 2:6. During the meeting, he became visibly nervous and even lashed out at one of the fans who shouted at Andrei from the podium: “Pull yourself together!” In the second round match, Rublev will have to fight with the world’s second racket, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who also lost in the first match of the tournament on November 15 – Alexander Zverev from Germany (7:6, 3:6, 4:6). Rublev achieved his best result in the Finals last year, reaching the semi-finals and losing to Norway’s Kasper Ruud.
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