Superb Basilashvili defends his title at the German Tennis Championships

Nikoloz Basilashvili ousts Andrey Rublev 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final in Hamburg on Sunday.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Georgean won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Basilashvili broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Andrey conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Basilashvili didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Nikoloz to win the set as Andrey found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The Georgean kept his focus to break the Russian in the 4^th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

At the end of the match, the Georgean scored 105 points vs. the Russian’s 95 points.

The Georgean served very well to win 81% of the points (43/53) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (17/38) on his second serve. Basilashvili won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (4/15). On the other side, Rublev was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Basilashvili and Rublev is 2-0 for Nikoloz.

Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Andrey Rublev German Tennis Championships – Hamburg

Basilashvili’s Interview

After the match, Nikoloz commented “When you have achievements, people want more and expect more. Everybody is writing to me, everybody is happy. I have a lot of support from home and it is a great feeling.”