Andrey Rublev aces Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the final in Madrid on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This is the first time that Andrey conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. The conclusion of the match was particularly tough for the Canadian, who committed a double fault on the championship point. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Rublev added € 450,965 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 963,225 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Rublev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:48
At the end of the match, Andrey scored 114 points vs. Auger-Aliassime’s 100.
Rublev
Andrey served pretty well to win 77% of the points (47/61) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (18/30) on his second serve. Andrey won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Auger-Aliassime is 5-1 for Andrey.
This was the 16th career title for the Russian. (see list of titles and finals). Felix remains with 5th titles after he conquered the tournament in Rotterdam 2022, in Antwerp 2022, in Basel 2022, in Florence 2022 and in Basel 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Rublev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Canadian to win the set as the Russian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
The Canadian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Also, on the other side, Rublev was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Auger-Aliassime won just 3 more points than Rublev (37-34). Felix conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, Andrey conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian clinched in the 12th game (7-5) before eventually conquering the set (7-5).
Andrey failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Andrey was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 68 points. Andrey was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Canadian (38-30). Andrey lost 7 points on serve (25-7). on the other side of the court, Auger-Aliassime conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Rublev conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Rublev was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Auger-Aliassime (42-33). Andrey was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).
