Andrey Rublev survives Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5 4-6 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Doha on Friday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. Andrey won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rublev added to his prize money $ 129,710 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 277,715 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andrey will add $ 238,450 to his earnings to get in total $ 516,165 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:46
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 110 points vs. Auger-Aliassime’s 107.
Rublev
Andrey served pretty well to win 84% of the points (61/73) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (16/32) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 13% (1/8) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Auger-Aliassime is 6-1 for Andrey.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian snatched in the 12th game (7-5) just before eventually conquering the set (7-5).
Rublev failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
The Russian was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 82 points. Rublev conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Canadian (43-39). Rublev conceded 14 points on serve (31-14). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Canadian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Canadian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). On the other side, Rublev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Auger-Aliassime was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Russian (31-24). Auger-Aliassime surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). On the other side, Andrey conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Russian won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Rublev won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 12th (7-5) point.
The Russian won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Rublev was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 80 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Auger-Aliassime (42-38). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (26-4). On the other side, Felix conceded 16 points on serve (34-16).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Andrey RublevRublev – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-5 4-6 7-65)
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