Andrey Rublev wins against Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Rublev will face Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round. The match lasted exactly 1 hour. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cincinnati
Rublev's Record

Andrey added to his prize money $ 42,405 after winning this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Zhizhen Zhang Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rublev
Zhang
6-4 6-3
1h:00
61
61
Total points
43
43
29
29
Winners
26
26
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
69%
69%
1st in
58%
58%
85%
85%
1st won
81%
81%
29/34
29/34
1st won
26/32
26/32
73%
73%
2nd won
35%
35%
11/15
11/15
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
0/0
0/0
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Andrey scored 61 points vs. Zhizhen’s 43.

Rublev

Rublev served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (29/34) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (11/15) on his second serve. Rublev struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Andrey was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).

Zhang

On the other side, Zhang wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Zhang is 3-0 for Andrey.

Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Rublev will square off with Nakashima in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Brandon Nakashima fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rublev 6-4
RublevZhang
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
RublevZhang
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RublevZhang
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
RublevZhang
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
RublevZhang
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
RublevZhang
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
RublevZhang
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RublevZhang
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RublevZhang
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
RublevZhang
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RublevZhang
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Andrey grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Andrey converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4

30-40). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. Rublev conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the Chinese (36-24). Andrey was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (24-4). On the losing side, Zhang conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).

2nd Set -
Rublev 6-3
RublevZhang
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
RublevZhang
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
RublevZhang
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
RublevZhang
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RublevZhang
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
RublevZhang
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
RublevZhang
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
RublevZhang
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Rublev came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0

. That break was sufficient for Rublev to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Andrey was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Andrey conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Zhang (25-19). The Russian conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Zhang conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

1st
Rublev
Zhang
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Rublev
Zhang
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

  • Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-2)
  • Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
  • Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 7-64 6-1)
  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 7-63)
  • Flavio CobolliCobolli – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-64 3-1 ret.)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-76 7-67 6-3)
  • Holger RuneRune – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-68)
  • Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 6-4 6-3)
  • Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-6 6-4 7-5)
  • Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5)
  • Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4)

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