Stan Wawrinka and Andrey Rublev decided to settle their pre-match coin toss with a game of rock-paper-scissors, which caused chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani amusing consternation. The umpire, who was supposed to call the toss, became perplexed himself and gave Wawrinka the incorrect options.
In the coin toss footage, Lahyani is seen asking Wawrinka to select between “World” and “ATP” at first. He instantly corrected himself, noting that “Mutua” or “Madrid” were the proper choices. The coin displayed ‘ATP’ on the big screen, which baffled the Swiss veteran when he called the toss. “What? You said Madrid or Mutua!” said Stan.
Rublev interfered and declared Wawrinka the winner, leading to the decision to do the toss again. Even telling the Swiss to “take it” was done so by the Russian in good sportsmanship. The chair umpire, however, chose to restart the toss.
“They give you second life,” said Rublev. “You said Mutua, and it was Madrid.”
Andrei Rublev was then informed by Mohamed Lahyani that he had won. But in order to maintain fairness, the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters champion proposed playing a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who would win.
Finally victorious, Stan Wawrinka decided to serve. Rublev, with his powerful hitting, was the superior man. In the third round, Andrey Rublev will go up against Yoshihito Nishioka, the No. 28 seed.
Rublev in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.6, the Russian has managed to achieve a compiled 22-9 match record in 2023. The Russian is participating in Madrid where he beat the world no.84 Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-4.
Andrey Rublev will come up against the world no.34 Yoshihito Nishioka in the 3rd round. Their actual record is 2-1 for Nishioka.
Rublev has won 1 title in 2023 in Monte-Carlo. Rublev was the finalist in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships) and in Banja Luka (Srpska Open).
The Russian won 13 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 4 on clay courts and 6 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Rublev is scheduled to play next in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 10th of May.
Stan Wawrinka in 2023
LWLLLWLLWL Now the world no.84, Wawrinka played his last match on the 28th of April when he surrendered to world no.6 Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid (draw).
At present, during this year Stan has achieved a composed 11-9 win-loss record.
He is also scheduled to play at the French Open (French Open) after Rome. The main draw will start on the 10th of May.
Andrey Rublev and Stan Wawrinka squared off 4 times. Their current head to head is 2-2. Before, the last time they played, Andrey Rublev won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 28th of April 2023.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
