Andrey Rublev beats Carlos Alcaraz 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Madrid on Wednesday. Rublev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Taylor Fritz or Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Andrey added to his prize money € 122,595 after winning this match. He has already won € 284,590 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Rublev will add € 227,670 to his earnings to get in total € 512,260.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Carlos Alcaraz Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Rublev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 91 points vs. the Spaniard’s 76.
Rublev
Rublev served pretty well to win 80% of the points (51/64) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (10/22) on his second serve. Rublev won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 23% (3/13) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz
On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rublev and Alcaraz is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Taylor Fritz or Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Rublev will square off with either Taylor Fritz or Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal. The head to head is 3-5 vs. Taylor Fritz and 1-1 vs. Francisco Cerundolo.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Carlos grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Andrey wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 64 points. This set was so close that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Carlos dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Andrey conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
Rublev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Andrey to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Andrey missed the opportunity to break Carlos in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Russian converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 62 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Alcaraz (35-27). Andrey lost 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Alcaraz conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Rublev had a racing start in this set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Andrey to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 41 points. Andrey conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Alcaraz (24-17). The Russian surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 6 points on serve (10-6).
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (4-6 6-3 6-2)
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