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Rublev's Roaring Forehand: 'Keep Your Arm Loose'

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TopCourt ambassador shares his secrets
Executing a forehand like Andrey Rublev is not as easy as he makes it look. But with the right ‘coach’, it can be taught.

The Russian star blasts the ball at incredible speeds with deadly accuracy to all areas of the court. But there’s more to it than just “gripping and ripping”. According to Rublev, you need the right mix of serenity and intensity.

“The main thing is that your arm is loose and relaxed,” Rublev said. “If you do everything perfectly with the legs, then you give the easy job to the arm. You just need to do the swing and hit it.”

Learn more from Rublev at TopCourt

The Top 10 stalwart is bringing you plenty more advice as a TopCourt ambassador. Rublev will share with fans technical pointers, step-by-step instruction, tactical lessons and his favourite drills.

The Russian will also take you inside his journey as a professional tennis player. Rublev, the son of a former professional boxer and tennis coach, developed a love for competition at a young age and focused on his fitness and work ethic.

"One evening my mom arrived from her job and she bought some typical toys for the kids," Rublev recalled. "She put them on the line for me to choose. I crawled to the tennis racquet."

The eight-time ATP Tour titlist also delves into his daily routine and why it is important to always work to improve and respect every opponent.

To learn tennis from the world’s best, visit TopCourt.com.

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Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev Save 1 M.P., Win Olympic Gold

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The ROC pair were teaming for the first time this week
The ROC’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Andrey Rublev ended their dream week in Tokyo in style on Sunday as they defeated compatriots Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-7(5), 13-11 to capture the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal.

They won 79 per cent (47/61) of points on their first serve and saved one match point at 9/10 in a dramatic Match Tie-break before closing out victory in one hour and 55 minutes.

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The fourth seeds were teaming for the first time this week in Tokyo. They also saved one match point in their semi-final victory over Australians Ashleigh Barty and John Peers on Friday. Rublev has won two ATP Tour doubles titles in his career, with his most recent success coming in Doha (w/Karatsev) in March, while Pavlyuchenkova has claimed five doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

In an entertaining first set, breaks were exchanged at the start before Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev began to find their rhythm from the baseline on return as they raced into a 5-2 lead. They closed the set out on serve and then fended off two set points at 4-5 on Rublev's serve as the second set moved to a tie-break. Karatsev and Vesnina then raised their game to level and force a Match Tie-break.

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Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev played aggressively in the decider, battling back from 4/7 behind, saving one match point at 9/10 before clinching victory to improve to 4-0 in Match Tie-breaks this week.

Karatsev and Vesnina were competing together for the second time in Tokyo, having enjoyed a run to the championship match at Roland Garros in June. They overcame Serbians Novak Djokovic and Nina Stojanovic on Friday to reach the gold medal clash, not dropping a set en route to the final. They will leave Tokyo with a silver medal.

The ROC has collected three Olympic tennis medals in Tokyo, with Karen Khachanov winning a silver medal in the men’s singles.

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[Kamileki]

IO Tokio - złoty medal olimpijski w parze mieszanej.


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24-letni Rubliow, w parze z Anastazją Pawliuczenkową, wywalczył złoty medal olimpijski w turnieju miksta w ramach IO w Tokio.

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Rublev Making A Masters 1000 Push: Rublev has played better than ever at Masters 1000 events this year, reaching his first semi-final in Miami and championship match in Monte-Carlo. The 23-year-old, who is in fourth place in the ATP Race To Turin, will try to go one step further at this level in Toronto, where he lost in the first round in 2018 in his only previous main draw appearance. Now the fourth seed, Rublev faces a challenging draw. The Russian will play big-hitting Italian or 2019 Monte Carlo champion Fabio Fognini in the second round.

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Rublev Flips The Script Against Fognini In Toronto

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The fourth seed will next play big-serving American Isner
Before 2021, Fabio Fognini dominated his ATP Head2Head rivalry with Andrey Rublev. But the Russian has flipped the script this year, and on Wednesday won his third consecutive match against the Italian.

Rublev clawed past Fognini 7-6(4), 6-3 behind 13 aces to reach the third round at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers after one hour and 32 minutes.

“It’s always super tough against Fabio. He’s super talented and you know how great he can play,” Rublev said in his on-court interview. “He’s beaten so many great players, so I knew it was going to be really tough, especially it was my first match and he already played the first round, so he was feeling a bit more comfortable than me.”

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There was not much between the two standout baseliners at Aviva Centre. But in key moments, Rublev was able to take the first big swing in rallies and Fognini was forced to play from more uncomfortable positions rather than attacking himself.

Rublev hit 26 winners compared to 12 for Fognini to claim his first victory in Toronto. This was just his second main draw match at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers.

“I was a bit tight, but this is normal,” Rublev said. “Then little by little during the match I started to play better and better, started to find confidence, and in the end I’m happy that I won in straight sets.”


It will not get easier for the fourth seed, who will next play recent Atlanta champion John Isner. The big-serving American claimed his first win against Chilean Cristian Garin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 after two hours and 13 minutes.

Isner has won his two previous clashes against Rublev, including a final-set tie-break victory against the Russian earlier this year in Madrid. The 36-year-old has won seven consecutive matches and will try to reach his second quarter-final in Toronto after making the semi-finals in 2012.

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Russians Bounce Back From the Brink In Cincinnati

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Khachanov/Rublev to face second seeds for quarter-final berth

Russians Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev saved a match point to deny Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez in the opening round of the Western & Southern Open on Sunday. The Tokyo Olympics doubles teammates rallied from a set down to see off the Italian-Argentine pairing 6-7(6), 6-3, 11-9 in one hour and 42 minutes.

Khachanov and Rublev reached ATP Masters 1000 finals in 2018 in Miami and 2019 in Paris and improved on their opening-round exit in Cincinnati last year. They boosted their record together this season to 6-8 and could win consecutive matches together for the first time in 2021 should they find a way past second seeds Horacio Zeballos and Marcel Granollers.

Earlier, the unseeded Alex de Minaur and Cameron Norrie proved too strong for Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik and Chilean Cristian Garin. The Australian-British duo prevailed 6-2, 6-2 and await the winner of sixth seeds John Peers and Filip Polasek and Matwe Middelkoop and Luke Saville.

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Dzisiejszy moment Rubliowa w Cincy:

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Rublev Rallies Past Cilic In Cincinnati

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The Russian will next play 14th seed De Minaur or Monfils

Andrey Rublev was down but not out on Wednesday in Cincinnati. The Russian rallied for an emphatic 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 comeback victory against former World No. 3 Marin Cilic to reach the third round of the Western & Southern Open.

The last time the Russian star was in Ohio, two years ago, he was No. 70 in the FedEx ATP Rankings and on the mend from injury. He earned one of his biggest wins by upsetting seven-time champion Roger Federer.

Rublev is the fourth seed this edition and is pursuing his best ATP Masters 1000 run. Earlier this season, he advanced to his first semi-final at this level in Miami and his first final in Monte-Carlo.

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The 23-year-old has now won four consecutive matches against the Croatian and leads their ATP Head2Head rivalry 4-1. Rublev hit 11 aces and saved four of the five break points he faced to advance after two hours and two minutes.

Next up for the fourth seed will be 14th seed Alex de Minaur or Frenchman Gael Monfils. If Monfils wins that match, it will be his 500th tour-level victory.

Did You Know?
Rublev, who qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time last year, began the week in fifth in the FedEx ATP Race To Turin. This year's season finale will be played in Turin from 14-21 November.

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