President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFF) Shamil Tarpishchev admitted that it was difficult for him to watch the match of Andrey Rublev against Australian Alex de Minaur in the 1/8 final of the Australian Open. stated that “Match TV”.
“Rublev made a fool of himself in his match with the Australian. I learned it myself and then solved all the questions myself. Fir trees, we must approach the quarter finals with torture again! Then there’s Sinner, who barely broke a sweat in her match with Karen.
I would like to see Andrei finally in the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament. But Andrey is so tired now! So I decided to play five sets today, but why? Because there is only one plan: gather your energy and score goals. It was hard for me to watch,” Tarpischev said.
In the quarter-finals, the Russian athlete will compete with Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner, who previously beat Karen Khachanov in three sets.
Another Russian continues to participate in the tournament in Melbourne. Daniil Medvedev will face Portuguese Nuno Borges in the fourth round on January 22.
The first quarter-finalists of the tournament were Serbian Novak Djokovic and American Taylor Fritz.
Previously 16 year old Andreeva flew out From the Australian Open.