Andrey Rublev downs Carreno-Busta in the semifinal of the German Tennis Championships

Andrey Rublev gets by Pablo Carreno-Busta 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the semifinal in Hamburg on Saturday. Rublev will engage against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Spaniard conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Rublev took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Carreno-Busta in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Russian to win the set since Pablo succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (3-2) game. The Russian maintained his focus to break the Spaniard in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (7-5) game.

Yet also Carreno-Busta won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2

3^rd set.

Rublev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Carreno-Busta in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Andrey improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Andrey won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

At the end of the match, Andrey scored 94 points vs. Pablo’s 78 points.

Andrey blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Russian was pretty effective in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9). On the other side, the Spaniard was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 43% of his break points (3/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rublev and Carreno-Busta is 3-0 for Andrey.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta German Tennis Championships – Hamburg

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – H2H and stats

Rublev will play Basilashvili in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Andrey Rublev and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Basilashvili won 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Doha back in January 2019.