Andrey Rublev hustles Marton Fucsovics 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Rublev will square off with Aslan Karatsev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 25,120 after winning this match. He has won already $ 78,710 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 31,820 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,530.
Marton lost the last 3 matches against Rublev. After the match, Fucsovic had a funny exchange with Andrey saying: “I hope I don’t play you anymore this year.”
"I hope I don't play you anymore this year"
Fair to say Marton is fed up of losing to @AndreyRublev97 in 2021 🤪 pic.twitter.com/Vg5vank4BQ
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 18, 2021
Rublev was glad about the result. He commented:
“I have really great connection with Marton and we are good friends on Tour. I have a huge respect for him. All the matches that we’ve played each other were drama matches. We just smiled because we always have tough matches against each other. It’s not easy to play each other.
“It’s always long rallies, it’s always tough points and in the end we just smiled.”
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Marton Fucsovics Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:29
At the end of the match, Andrey scored 75 points vs. Marton’s 57.
Rublev
Rublev served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. Andrey won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Fucsovics
On the other side, Marton wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Fucsovics is 3-2 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Rublev will take on Karatsev in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-75 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
