Andrey Rublev ousts Alex De Minaur 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Paris on Friday. Rublev will face Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Andrey added to his prize money € 121,150 after conquering this match. He has already won € 266,530 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add € 220,890 to his earnings to get in total € 487,420.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Alex De Minaur Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Rublev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Andrey scored 95 points vs. De Minaur’s 80.
Rublev
The Russian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
De Minaur
On the other side, the Australian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and De Minaur is 2-3 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Rublev will come up against Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Andrey Rublev and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in London back in July 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Australian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Russian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, The Australian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Australian surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).
Andrey won the set after he broke De Minaur in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. De Minaur tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Rublev kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Rublev converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Alex was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They played 60 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Alex (32-28). Rublev conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Rublev didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Andrey improved his lead after breaking Alex in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Rublev converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Andrey was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Alex (25-14). Andrey was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, De Minaur conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger RuneRune (7-5 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Andrey RublevRublev (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-6) – H2H details and stats
