Andrey Rublev bests Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Marseille on Saturday. Rublev will play Felix Auger Aliassime in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rublev added to his prize money € 13,820 after conquering this match. He has won already € 40,930 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add € 17,540 to his earnings to get in total € 58,470 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Benjamin Bonzi Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 94 points vs. Benjamin’s 84.
Rublev
Andrey served pretty well to win 75% of the points (52/69) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 39% points (11/28) on his second serve. Andrey was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Bonzi
On the other side, Benjamin was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Bonzi is 1-0 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Felix Auger Aliassime – stats
Rublev will come up against Auger Aliassime in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger Aliassime play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but Auger Aliassime has a winning record of 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Auger Aliassime won 6-75 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Washington back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev won the set after he broke Bonzi 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Bonzi tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th
(3-3) game. However, the Russian kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.Andrey converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3
40-A).They played 56 points. Andrey conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the French player (32-24). Andrey conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). On the losing side, Benjamin conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Bonzi clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
They contested 64 points. Bonzi was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Russian (34-30). Bonzi lost 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Rublev conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).
Rublev didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Benjamin Bonzi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for the Russian to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
They contested 58 points. Rublev was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Benjamin (33-25). Andrey dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Andrey RublevRublev – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H details and stats