Carlos Alcaraz gets the better of Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6(8) in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Wednesday. Alcaraz will fight against Alexander Zverev in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Andrey Rublev Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Rublev is 2-1
for Carlos.Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Alcaraz will fight against Zverev in the Round Robin.
This will be the 13th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 7-5 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the final in Roland garros back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Spaniard won the set after he broke the Russian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Carlos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Andrey was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Rublev (37-25). Carlos lost 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Carlos won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
Alcaraz won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Russian won a minibreak in the 9th
(4-5) point.This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Alcaraz saved 2 set points when he was 5-6 and 7-8 down. Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Andrey (36-41). The Spaniard dropped 8 points on serve (29-8). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 7 points on serve (33-7).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 7-68)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-3)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-5) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (2-5) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-7) – H2H details and stats