TENNIS SCORES. Rublev stuns Federer in the 3rd round in Cincinnati

Andrey Rublev stuns Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Rublev will play Daniil Medvedev in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rublev had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Federer in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Andrey to win the set as the Swiss managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The Russian maintained his cool to break Federer in the 4^th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Andrey conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Andrey scored 59 points vs. the Swiss’s 44 points.

The Russian served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. The Russian was effective in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4). On the other side, Federer was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rublev and Federer is 1-0 for Andrey.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Roger Federer Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Rublev will face Medvedev in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

The last time that they played, Medvedev won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Budapest Challenger back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• David GoffinDavid – Adrian MannarinoAdrian (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetRichard – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanDiego (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaYoshihito – Alex De MinaurAlex (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevAndrey – Roger FedererRoger (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicNovak – Pablo Carreno-BustaPablo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevDaniil – Jan-Lennard StruffJan-Lennard (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto – Miomir KecmanovicMiomir (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Lucas PouilleLucas – Karen KhachanovKaren (6-7³ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto – Richard GasquetRichard (4-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicNovak – Lucas PouilleLucas (1-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaYoshihito – David GoffinDavid (1-1) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevAndrey – Daniil MedvedevDaniil (0-0) – See H2H details