Carlos Alcaraz beats Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-2 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Wednesday. Alcaraz will square off with Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The epic lasted 5 hours and 5 minutes.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Andrey Rublev Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:14
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 65 points vs. Andrey’s 43.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served pretty well to win 94% of the points (32/34) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (8/13) on his second serve. Alcaraz was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Rublev is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Alcaraz will play Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Alcaraz and Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 5-7 7-67 7-64 in the final in Cincinnati back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Rublev couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Carlos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Russian (41-32). The Spaniard dropped 5 points on serve (24-5). on the other side of the court, Andrey conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Alcaraz started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andrey Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0). Carlos to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 35 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Russian (24-11). Alcaraz was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 8 points on serve (9-8).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Holger RuneRune (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-73 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger RuneRune (7-64 6-71 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-6) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-2) – H2H details and stats
