Andrey Rublev tops Tommy Paul 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Gijon on Friday. Rublev will clash against Dominic Thiem in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Rublev added to his prize money € 13,430 after winning this match. He has won already € 31,925 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add € 22,375 to his earnings to get in total € 54,300.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Tommy Paul Gijon Open – Gijon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Andrey scored 71 points vs. Paul’s 55.
Rublev
Andrey served extremely well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. Andrey won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Paul was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Paul is 4-1 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Dominic Thiem – stats
Rublev will compete against Thiem in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Andrey Rublev and Dominic Thiem square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Thiem won 5-7 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in Carlo back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Andrey to win the set since Tommy found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Andrey maintained his cool to break Paul in the 12th (7-5) game.
Rublev lost a big opportunity to break the American in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Russian converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Tommy was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 71 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Tommy (39-32). The Russian surrendered 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the net, Paul conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Andrey snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Rublev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Andrey conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the American (32-23). Rublev lost 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Tommy conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-3 7-616) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Dominic ThiemThiem (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
