“Novak, Rafa and Roger completely changed the sport” -Andrey Rublev hails Big-3’s impact on tennis

Andrey Rublev Talking about how Big-3 Novak Djokovic, Raphael Nadaland Roger Federer changed the sports paradigm. He praised them for the sheer dominance of the trio, who made tennis a standout sport and brought out the best period in tennis history. The Russians hailed them for inspiring the future crop of players to start the sport.

Rublev also talked about the support he has received recently. World No.5 said there has been a major shift in mentality and an increase in support post-pandemic. Rublev, who recently lifted the doubles title Marseille He said that despite the limited audience in the stadium, the atmosphere is much better than it was two years ago.

Novak (Djokovic), Rafa, and Roger (Federer) completely changed the sport. He lived the best moments in tennis history thanks to them. A lot of people want the next generation of players to come, I’m starting to feel their support more and more wherever I play. Let’s say two years ago when I came to Dubai no one supported me, now I feel really welcome. I was in the quarter finals in Rotterdam before the pandemic, the stadium was full of people. “They weren’t that supportive of me,” Rublev told the Times of India.

“Only 1000 spectators were allowed this year, I was much better received than two years ago. When I played a French player in Marseille, they were supporting the home player, but when I had some good points they were cheering for me too. Three years ago, a good winner Even when I was, no one was clapping.” added.

Andrey Rublev gives his Indian Wells campaign a winning start

Arriving at Indian Wells just weeks after his title victory in Dubai, Rublev carried on that winning momentum by getting off to a good start in both the doubles and singles campaign. beat at opening Dominik Koepfer He extended his 7-5, 6-4 winning streak to 10 games. The 7th seed will now be a home favorite francis tiafoe in the third round.

In doubles, the Spanish duo Robert Bautista Agut and Alejandro Davidovich teamed up with fellow Russian Aslan Karatsev for a win against Fokina. The duo will now take on the 3rd seeded pairing of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

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