Greek World No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas He thinks he has an apology from Russian World Number 8 Andrey Rublev. Almost two weeks ago, when the Russians beat the Greeks in the round-robin match of the Turin ATP finals, Tsitsipas celebrated Rublev’s victory “he won with the few cars he had” during the press conference. This statement was heavily trolled and criticized by tennis experts and fans.
Two weeks later, Tsitspas “come to his senses” by saying that he should explain the circumstances in which he said this, and he has an apology. In his words, “What I said against Rublev at that press conference was very unfair to him and was not true.”
The Greek went on to explain how he wanted to make Rublev more competitive before playing his next match against Casper Ruud. He wanted Rublev to beat Ruud in the next match (semi-final) and thus finish 3rd in the World ahead of the Norwegian. “I saw it with a different approach; I wanted him to get mad at his next match (against Casper Ruud) and try to play even better.
“I won’t explain why because I think it’s pretty clear the situation I would have faced in the next game if (I) played that opponent.” (Source: Arab News)
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Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev – 2022 progression card
Current World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas has had a bad season given the standard he is expected to show. The win-lose ratio is 61-24, as he won 2 championships in 2022 (ATP-1000 Monte Carlo ATP 1000, ATP-250 Mallorca) but could not appear in the Grand Slam tournaments.
His best run at the Grand Slams was in the semi-finals at the Australian Open, where he lost. Danil Medvedev in 4 sets. Of the 24 losses this season, 5 were finals. In the ATP finals, Turin was defeated once again after losing to Greece’s Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev.
Current World No.8 Andrey Rublev has won 4 titles this season (Gijon, Belgrade, Dubai, Marseille). The win rate is 51-20 this season. His best record at the Grand Slams was the Quarterfinals at the French Open and the US Open. His last tournament this year was at the ATP finals in Turin, where he lost in the semi-finals against World No. 3 Casper Ruud.
These two have played against each other 11 times and the Greek leads the Head to Head by a small 6-5. They played twice in the Grand Slams. In the first round of the 2019 US Open, Rublev won in 4 sets. In the quarter-finals of the 2020 French Open, the Greek got his revenge on the straights.
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