ROTTERDAM RESULTS. Filip Krajinovic aces Rublev in the quarter

Filip Krajinovic tops Andrey Rublev 7-6² 6-4 in the quarter in Rotterdam on Friday. Krajinovic will clash against Gael Monfils in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Krajinovic won the breaker at 2.

2^nd set.

Krajinovic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Rublev in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Filip to win the set as Rublev succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Filip kept his focus to break Rublev in the 9^th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 72 points vs. Rublev’s 64 points.

Krajinovic served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (18/31) on his second serve. The Serbian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points because he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Rublev was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Krajinovic and Rublev is 2-1 for Filip.

Highlights Filip Krajinovic vs. Andrey Rublev ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam

Next Match H2H: Filip Krajinovic vs. Gael Monfils – stats

Krajinovic will fight against Monfils in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Filip Krajinovic and Gael Monfils fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Monfils won 7-6⁴ 6-2 in the semifinal in Montpellier back in February 2020.

Tennis Scores in Rotterdam

• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniel EvansEvans (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-5 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details