Andrey Rublev conquers Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-4 in the final in Hong Kong on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Rublev added $ 42,155 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 100,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 67 points vs. the Finn’s 53.
Rublev
Rublev won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, the Finn wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Ruusuvuori is 3-1 for Andrey.
This was the 15th career title for Rublev. (see list of titles and finals). This was Ruusuvuori’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4
).Rublev converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Emil wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5
40-A).They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than Emil (40-37). Andrey lost 11 points on serve (23-11). On the losing side, Ruusuvuori conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Andrey snatched in the 9th game (5-4) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Andrey didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Rublev conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Ruusuvuori (27-16). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the Finn conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
Andrey Rublev in Hong Kong |
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