Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev are going to face off in the final 4 in Rotterdam on Saturday at 3 pm. Tsitsipas and the world no.8 share an interesting history especially in 2020. Last year, Rublev beat Stefanos in the final in Hamburg after his rival was unable to serve out the match when leading 5-3 in the 3rd set. However, it was Tsitsipas who won the following 2 matches in the year. After beating Rublev at the French Open, Stefanos defeated him again in London at the Finals.
In London, Stefanos Tsitsipas won the first set in less than 20 minutes, but Rublev brought the affair to the decider. Then something incredible happened when Rublev double-faulted on match point when he was leading 6-5 in the final tiebreak. That was the end of it as Tsisipas won the following 3 points and the match. 6-1 4-6 7-6(6).
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Andrey Rublev Nitto ATP Finals – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 95 points vs. Rublev’s 83.
Tsitsipas
The Greek served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (46/57) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. The Greek struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Stefanos won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, The Russian was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Rublev is 3-3.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Greek improved his lead after breaking Andrey in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Tsitsipas was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 34 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Andrey (24-10). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Andrey conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Rublev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Stefanos was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Rublev was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Greek (30-23). Andrey surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Stefanos conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Tsitsipas won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
The Greek won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Andrey won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 10th (5-5) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c
Tsitsipas was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Stefanos saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 91 points. The Greek won 5 more points than Rublev (48-43). The Greek conceded 10 points on serve (27-10). on the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).
