Russian Tennis Federation (RFF) Vice President Alexey Selivanenko stated that Russian Andrey Rublev had a good match against Italian Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open quarter-finals and said that this defeat was the 10th defeat of Russian tennis. The player who appeared in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournaments. His words guide the way “Sports Express”.
“Tennis experts are talking not about Andrey’s tenth defeat, but about his tenth appearance in the quarter-finals of Grand Slam tournaments, which is a very serious achievement. At this stage Andrey is playing with the best of the best, everything has its time. Andrey has a game, if it is preserved and developed, victories will come here too [в четвертьфиналах]”said Selivanenko.
The match, which lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes, ended with the scores of 6:4, 7:6 (7:5), 6:3. The Italian athlete will face the world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
Rublev lost his tenth Grand Slam quarter-final in ten matches and his third at the Australian Open. Additionally, the 26-year-old Russian lost twice in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, once at Wimbledon and four times at the US Open.
Rublev is ranked fifth in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings and Sinner is ranked fourth.
Russian tennis players continue to participate in international tournaments as neutral athletes. The only tournament they missed was Wimbledon in 2022. Sanctions were imposed because the organizers did not allow Russian tennis players to participate in the tournament.
Previously the main reason for Rublev’s defeat at the Australian Open in the name lack of freshness.