World’s first racket Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic asked Russian Andrei Rublev to stop winning before the Australian Open “Championship”.
Athletes met in the Rod Laver Arena lobby.
“Bravo. Maybe you’ll stop winning now?” – Djokovic said.
“I’m trying to get a little away from your talent,” Rublev replied.
Rublev is ranked fifth in the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) rankings (4805 points). Djokovic continues to lead (11,245 points). Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 8855 points. Daniil Medvedev (7600 points) is in the top three.
In the final of the ATP-250 tournament, which ended on January 7 in Hong Kong, Rublev defeated Finnish representative Emil Ruusuvuori with scores of 6:4 and 6:4.
The duration of the meeting lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Rublev served five times, did not commit a single double fault and converted two of the seven break points won.
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