Rublev is seeded sixth in the draw and will play against either JJ Wolf or Alexander Bublik in his opening match. One media source said that the event only attracted around 70% of its capacity and some fans left before the match ended due to the time of night.īoth Rublev and Medvedev are now travelling to Miami to compete in this week’s Masters 1000 event. However, it wasn’t all good news for the organizers of the event. ![]() “Hello everyone! Thank you very much for tonight and this match, tonight is very special for me and Viva México!” El Ecomonista quoted Rublev as saying during the trophy presentation. On the ATP Tour, the two have locked horns seven times with Rublev only winning twice. Held at The Plaza de Toros México, the event featured one singles and one doubles match.ĭespite Medvedev playing in the final of the Indian Wells masters just 24 hours earlier, he put up an impressive fight before losing 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4), to his compatriot after almost two hours of play. On Monday Rublev co-headlined the second edition of the Tennis Showdown exhibition event in Mexico alongside Medvedev. “I don’t feel responsible for being one of the best Russian tennis players and my goal is simple, to be better in my tennis, if I’m good in my tennis then everything is simply getting better in my results,” he stated. However, Rublev has a different view on the matter. It would be assumed that there is some form of rivalry between the trio to become the best player in their country. Although they are currently only allowed to compete on the Tour as neutral athletes due to the war in Ukraine. Rublev is one of three Russian men in the world’s top 20 along with Medvedev and Karen Khachanov. “It’s not about feeling pressure or not, it depends on what you do with it because everyone feels pressure, but it depends on you and what you do,” he added. “The pressure is always there but it depends on you, if you feel that there is a lot of pressure, then there is a lot of pressure, but it depends on you,” Rublev said during an interview with ESTO. Since then, he has won 12 Tour titles, as well as a gold medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics. At a young age, the Russian impressed on the junior circuit when he became No.1 in the world. Trying to maintain more consistency on the Tour, Rublev says dealing with pressure in the sport is a normal occurrence for him and his peers. On the other hand, the 25-year-old has also failed to win back-to-back matches in four out of seven tournaments played. ![]() Rublev’s best run was reaching the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships before losing to Daniil Medvedev, as well as a quarter-final appearance at the Australian Open. The rugged baseliner can take this all the way but backing Otte to win outright, or at least a set inside an accumulator, seems reasonable on form.The world No.7 has experienced a roller-coaster 2023 season so far which has seen him win 11 out of 18 matches played on the Tour. Khachanov has beaten an out-of-sorts Aslan Karatsev and a clay-court specialist in Laslo Djere this week so far. On both occasions the German lost to the winner and whilst world number 23 Karen Khachanov has impressed this week this first meeting with Otte looks a not-so surprising upset waiting to happen. Otte burst onto the scene at Wimbledon last season with a thrilling five-set defeat to Andy Murray but he backed that up later at the US Open, reaching the round of 16, and more recently he reached the semi-finals of two home tournaments: the Munich Open on clay and last week’s Stuttgart Open on grass. The German will set a new career-high ATP world ranking of at least 42 nd and one more win would see him comfortably break the top 40 to cap off the best 12 months of his career by some way. 28-year-old Oscar Otte came back from a set down to stun Nikoloz Basilashvili on Thursday, backing up an excellent result over Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round.
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