MELBOURNE RESULTS. Rublev downs Goffin in the 3rd round of the Australian Open

Andrey Rublev hustles David Goffin 2-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁴ in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Rublev will have to play Alexander Zverev in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

David in this set was too strong for Andrey and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Rublev in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

2^nd set.

Rublev clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Andrey broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 3.

3^rd set.

Goffin started the set in the best possible way after breaking Rublev in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, Andrey succeeded in coming back to break David in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

4^th set.

Rublev won the set after he broke the Belgian in the 5^th (3-2) game. Goffin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Rublev kept the focus before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Rublev scored 139 points vs. David’s 127 points.

The Russian served very well to win 78% of the points (64/82) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (22/50) on his second serve. The Russian struck 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Russian was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, David didn’t lose the concentration in converting 83% of the break points that he procured points (5/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Goffin is 2-0 for Andrey.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. David Goffin Australian Open – Melbourne

Rublev’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Rublev will play Zverev in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 6-0 7-6⁴ in the 3^rd round in Shanghai back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Andrey RublevRublev – David GoffinGoffin (2-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-6² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-7⁶ 6-7⁷ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – John IsnerIsner (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6² 6-4 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-3) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-3) – See H2H details