Former Soviet and Russian tennis player Andrei Chesnokov tried to explain why Russian Andrei Rublev, who is in the top 10 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, lost to the 18-year-old representative of the Czech Republic, Jakub Mensik, in the quarter-finals. Match of the ATP-250 tournament in Doha (Qatar). His words guide the way vprognoze.ru.
“I don’t know. Let’s say if we take a player ranked 120th in the world, yesterday passed. [Энди] Murray. Murray played the end of the third set very poorly. Menshik is a good player, he moves very well on the field, despite the fact that Rublev’s sharp balls fly well in the match. He gave everything back to the other side and even broke away and was able to increase the tempo,” Chesnokov said.
The match ended with a score of 4:6 and 6:7. The duration of the meeting was 1 hour 36 minutes.
In the semifinals, Menshik will face French tennis player Gael Monfils. In the second semi-final, Russian Karen Khachanov, who previously beat Emil Ruusuvuori, will face Alexey Popyrin from Australia.
The prize money of the Doha tournament is 1.4 million dollars.
Andrey Rublev, with 5105 points, ranks fifth in the updated rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Menshik is ranked 116th. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic continues to lead with 9855 points. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 9105 points. In third place is Italian Jannik Sinner (8270 points). He is followed by Daniil Medvedev, who rose from third place to fourth place (8265 points).
previously Russian hit He is the third racket in the world and reached the semi-finals of the tournament in Dubai.