Andrey Rublev hustles Borna Coric 7-65 6-4 in the final in St. Petersburg on Sunday. After this incredible run, Andrey will be ranked no.8 (career-high). He will have an extremely strong chance to qualify for the World Tour Finals.
After the match, he commented:
“I feel happy. This one is really special for me. I think this one is the most special for me, for the moment, and will always be special.”
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Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Russian won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Rublev won 3 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Croatian won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-c
They played 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 points more than the Croatian (44-41). Andrey lost 9 points on serve (28-9). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (32-16).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Andrey grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Andrey was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Croatian (30-23). Rublev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Borna conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Rublev pocketed $ 17,865 after getting to this final. He has earned $ 92,870 prize money after managing to win this tournament.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Rublev scored 74 points vs. the Croatian’s 63.
Rublev served very well to win 86% of the points (32/37) behind his first serve, and he won 71% points (17/24) on his second serve. Rublev won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Borna wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Andrey was just to good and Borna had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Coric is 4-0 for Andrey.
This was the 10th career title for Rublev. (see list of the title). Coric remains with 7 titles. (see list of the title)
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Borna Coric St. Petersburg Open – St. Petersburg
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
