Aslan Karatsev stuns Andrey Rublev 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai on Friday in what was an all-Russian match. Karatsev will play against Lloyd Harris in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Aslan added to his prize money $ 31,820 after winning this match. He has won already $ 110,530 after this win. If he wins the next match, Karatsev will add $ 38,960 to his earnings to get in total $ 149,490 in total.
Karatsev was glad about the result. He commented:
“It was a really tight match vs tough opponent. It was an unbelievable performance. He didn’t lose a match at an ATP 500 in 1 year. Everything was decided in one or two points, I feel happy.”
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Andrey Rublev Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:12
At the end of the match, Karatsev scored 101 points vs. Rublev’s 90.
Karatsev
Karatsev served pretty well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (19/35) on his second serve. Karatsev won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (4/16) of the procured opportunities.
Rublev
On the other side, Andrey was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Rublev is 1-0 for Aslan.
Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Lloyd Harris – stats
Karatsev will play Harris in the final.
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Aslan in this set was much more effective than Andrey and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Rublev in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Andrey was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
They played 50 points. Karatsev conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Rublev (32-18). Aslan was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Andrey won the set after he broke Karatsev in the 5th (3-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Andrey was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Aslan was perfect in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Andrey won just 3 points more than Aslan (36-33). Rublev dropped 16 points on serve (28-16). on the other side of the court, Aslan conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Karatsev won the set after he broke Rublev in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Rublev tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Karatsev maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Aslan failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
Karatsev converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, Andrey converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-5 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aslan won just 2 points more than Andrey (37-35). Aslan dropped 14 points on serve (20-14). On the losing side, Andrey conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-75 6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
