Andrey Rublev bests Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Montreal on Sunday. Rublev will engage against Alexei Popyrin in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Andrey added to his prize money $ 259,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 573,090 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 476,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,049,460 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Matteo Arnaldi National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Andrey scored 60 points vs. Arnaldi’s 45.
Rublev
Andrey served pretty well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (11/18) on his second serve. The Russian was remarkable in converting all the break points (3/3).
Arnaldi
On the other side, Matteo wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rublev and Arnaldi is 2-1 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Rublev will compete against Popyrin in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rublev and Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Popyrin won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Carlo back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Russian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Rublev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Andrey won just 2 points more than the Italian (31-29). Rublev surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Matteo conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
The Russian in this set didn’t concede much to Arnaldi and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Matteo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Arnaldi couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Russian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Arnaldi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 45 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Arnaldi (29-16). The Russian surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Matteo conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Andrey RublevRublev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-60 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H details and stats