Andrey Rublev victorious over Daniel Evans 7-6(7) 7-5 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Thursday. Rublev will face off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money € 78,905 after winning this match. He has won already € 169,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add € 141,375 to his earnings to get in total € 311,025 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 103 points vs. the Brit’s 94.
Rublev
Rublev served extremely well to win 87% of the points (41/47) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 36% points (16/44) on his second serve. Rublev won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Evans
On the other side, Evans was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Evans is 4-3 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Rublev will take on Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 10th time that Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 5-4 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but Tsitsipas leads 2-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Russian refused to bow to come back to break the Brit in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
The Russian won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Brit won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 12th (6-6) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Rublev saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, the Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 2 more points than the Brit (50-48). The Russian conceded 19 points on serve (30-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Evans conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
Rublev won the set after he broke Daniel in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Daniel tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Andrey didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.
Rublev converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Brit converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 99 points. The Russian won 7 points more than Evans (53-46). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Evans conceded 27 points on serve (31-27).
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