Andrey Rublev played an excellent tournament in Dubai. In fact, the Russian tennis player, thanks to the success in the semifinal against a newfound Alexander Zverev with a score of 6-3, 7-6, has detached the pass of the final where he had to contend against Daniil Medvedev in a derby that promises to be spectacular.
Medvedev won the title, the socond in a row after Rotterdam. Rublev has returned to talking about the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. During the course of this year, but not only, the Muscovite tennis player has launched many messages of peace, something he reiterated even after winning the final of the 500m.
Andrey said: “You can’t ignore it, the only thing I hope is that soon let there be peace in all countries.” The tennis player then focused on the semifinal won against Alexander Zverev: “I thought there was going to be a third set.
I was mentally preparing for it, but somehow saved a set point. I had a couple of match points, he played well but finally, on 9/9, I made a good comeback and said to myself ‘Ok, let’s try to make it’ I won a crazy rally and I was lucky.
It was a very intense tie-break.”
Rublev against Medvedev
The Russian then went on to talk about his friendship with Zverev: “We’re really good friends, we’ve known each other since we were 10 or 11. We’ve been together since we were kids.
He has always been like a big brother to me and in all previous matches he beat me. When I took the court, I thought I had nothing to lose. He has always beaten me, so there’s no need to be compact.” The final against Medvedev will be the seventh confrontation between the two.
The former slam champion at the US Open won the first four, while the last two in Cincinnati and the Finals in Turin bear the signature of Rublev. A curious aspect, but not so much if we think of the surfaces they prefer, all the matches were played on concrete.
Speaking of Medvedev, the Russian tennis player has been praised by many for his great performance against Novak Djokovic resulting in straight sets victory. Medvedev will go in search of the title number 18 of his career.
