Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev said that he was disturbed by the fans shouting at each other. TASS.
“It helps when the fans chant my name and support me at the right time. When this happens at the start of a rally or just before it can drive you crazy,” said Rublev.
In the opening match of the tournament in Dubai, the 26-year-old Russian defeated Chinese representative Zhang Zhizhen. The match, which lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes, ended with the local tennis player’s success in three sets: 6:7, 6:2, 6:4. During the match, Rublev served 18 times, while his opponent made 17 aces. Both opponents committed two double faults each. Rublev won 73% of his first serve balls and Zhang won 76%.
Serbian Novak Djokovic continues to lead the updated ATP rankings with 9855 points. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 9105 points. In third place is Italian Jannik Sinner (8270 points). Daniil Medvedev (8265 points) is in fourth place. Kotov is ranked 878th.
Previously Rublev passed We went to the second round of the tournament in Dubai.
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Source: Gazeta
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