Andrey Rublev aces Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Hamburg on Friday. Rublev is going to play against Ugo Humbert or Casper Ruud in the semifinal.
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Rublev was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Bautista-Agut in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set since the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Rublev kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Andrey was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 45 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Bautista-Agut (29-16). Andrey conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
The Russian won the set after he broke Roberto 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Bautista-Agut tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Andrey didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-5.
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Roberto converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than the Spaniard (40-37). The Russian dropped 17 points on serve (20-17). On the losing side, Roberto conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
The Russian will add to his prize money € 14,700 after winning this match. He has won already € 45,985 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 18,090 to his earnings to get in total € 64,075.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 69 points vs. Roberto’s 53.
Andrey was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9). On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Bautista-Agut is 2-2.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Ugo Humbert or Casper Ruud – stats
Rublev will come up against either Ugo Humbert or Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Ugo Humbert and 1-0 vs. Casper Ruud.
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6(5) 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander BublikBublik – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H details and stats