TENNIS SCORES. Rublev bests Berankis in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open

Andrey Rublev hustles Richard Berankis 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-1 in the 2^nd round in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Rublev will clash against Daniil Medvedev in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Andrey conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Berankis won the breaker at 5.

The Lithuanian lost a big opportunity to break Andrey in the 10^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

3^rd set.

Rublev conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Berankis in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Rublev reinforced his lead after breaking Berankis in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 111 points vs. Berankis’s 94 points.

Rublev served pretty well to win 88% of the points (49/56) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 45% points (14/31) on his second serve. The Russian fired 20 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Andrey won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 23% (3/13). On the other side, Berankis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Rublev and Berankis is 1-0 for Andrey.

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Rublev will face Medvedev in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-7⁵ 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Joao SousaSousa (2-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Casper RuudRuud – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – See H2H details