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[PREVIEW R1]. Murray vs Tiafoe, Evans vs Rublev the top R1 matches in New York

Andy Murray, Frances Tiafoe, Daniel Evans and Andrey Rublev will clash in a couple of interesting matches in New York. Here the H2H, preview

Alex Boyden

21 August 2020

Andy Murray, Frances Tiafoe, Daniel Evans and Andrey Rublev are going to face in the most interesting matches in the 1st round in New York in the men’s’ draw.

Andy Murray vs. Frances Tiafoe

Andy Murray

Even if Murray has been out from the official competitions for long, he looked in decent form during some recent exhibitions played in the UK. It is still a long way to go for him, but his fitness seems to be good and more importantly, he is not limping anymore.

Now the world no.129, Andy played his last match on the 20^th of November 2019 when he beat Tallon Griekspoor 6-7⁷ 6-4 7-6⁵ in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup.

Frances Tiafoe

Unfortunately, Frances was found positive to the Coronavirus a few weeks ago in Atlanta. However, the good news is that he had only mild symptoms. Still, it will be interesting to see his fitness level after being in isolation.

At the moment ranked no.81, Tiafoe played his last match on the 5^th of March when he was overcome by Gregoire Barrere 4-6 6-2 7-6⁴ in the 3^rd round of the Indian Wells Challenger.

Andy and Frances have never played each other until now. Probably the favorite is the American just because Andy has not been played a match on tour since the end of 2019.

Daniel Evans vs Andrey Rublev

Daniel Evans and Andrey Rublev played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they squared off, Daniel Evans won 6-2 7-6⁹ in the quarter in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships) on the 27^th of February 2020.

In the following video you can watch the highlights.

Daniel Evans

Evans looked in fine form during the recent exhibitions in the UK. Currently ranked no.28 (career-high), Evans played his last match on the 28^th of February when he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Dubai.

Daniel Evans’s most significant performance of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Dubai.

Andrey Rublev

Now ranked no.14 (career-high), Rublev played his last match on the 27^th of February when he was overcome by Daniel Evans 6-2 7-6⁹ in the quarter in Dubai.

Currently, this year Rublev has a 15-3 win-loss record. The Russian clinched 2 titles in 2020 in Doha and in Adelaide.