MOSCOW RESULTS. Immense Rublev crushes Milojevic in the quarter

Andrey Rublev vanquishes Nikola Milojevic 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday after playing a superlative match to clash against Marin Cilic in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rublev in this set didn’t concede much to Milojevic and for that reason he won 6-2. The Serbian broke Andrey 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. However, Andrey broke his opponent in the 6^th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to conquer the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

2^nd set.

The Russian won the set after he broke Nikola 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Nikola tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Russian kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.

Andrey failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Andrey scored 59 points vs. Milojevic’s 42 points.

The Russian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (6/10). On the other side, Nikola was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Rublev will square off with Cilic in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Andrey Rublev and Marin Cilic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rublev and Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rublev won 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Miami back in March 2019.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-4 4-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-4) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Marin CilicCilic (1-1) – See H2H details