Andrey Rublev tops Mackenzie Mcdonald 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Rublev will square off with Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 73,300 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 149,870 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add $ 132,430 to his earnings to get in total $ 282,300.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 80 points vs. Mackenzie’s 67.
Rublev
Rublev was well focused in converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6).
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mackenzie was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Mcdonald is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Rublev will face Hurkacz in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Hurkacz didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Mcdonald to win the set as Rublev managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The American maintained his focus to break Andrey in the 8th (6-2) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Mcdonald won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The American was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Andrey was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th
game (1-5 15-40).They played 47 points. Mcdonald was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Russian (28-19). The American lost 8 points on serve (13-8). On the losing side, Rublev conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Andrey won the set after he broke Mcdonald in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They played 62 points. Andrey was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Mcdonald (34-28
). Rublev dropped 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, the American conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).Rublev was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Russian managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Andrey was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, Andrey didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. Rublev was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Mcdonald (27-11). Rublev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Mcdonald conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Andrey RublevRublev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – H2H details and stats