SHANGHAI. Ferocious Rublev breezes past Millman in the 2nd round

Andrey Rublev demolishes John Millman 6-2 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to deal with Alexander Zverev in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rublev in this set was too good for the Australian and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking the Australian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The Russian was unable to break Millman in the 5^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

The Australian was totally subdued and Andrey won the set 6-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Andrey scored 63 points vs. John’s 38 points.

Rublev served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, John wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Rublev will face Zverev in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (7-6⁴ 2-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (9-2) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Roger FedererFederer (1-9) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-3) – See H2H details