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Rublev Rallies Past Lehecka In Belgrade

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Another day, another big test for one of the top seeds at the Serbia Open.

Less than 24 hours after Novak Djokovic was pushed to the brink in Belgrade, second seed Andrey Rublev rallied past #NextGenATP Czech Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-2 after two hours and seven minutes to reach the quarter-finals. He will next play Japan's Taro Daniel.

“It’s a bit tough conditions here to play and it was my first match, plus the guy who I played, he played amazing. He’s a young guy and he played through qualies, through the first round, so he got used to the conditions and he started really well,” Rublev said during his on-court interview. “I was a bit tight and the first match is not easy. But then, with time I started to adapt and I started to play better and better and in the end I finished the match on a good level.”

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Rublev faced one break point in each of the second and third sets, but was not in quite the same level of difficulty as Djokovic was on Wednesday against Laslo Djere. The 24-year-old raced out to a quick start in the second-set tie-break and never looked back.

“It’s not easy because everyone is playing at a good level and you can see today I was really close to losing my first match. It’s not easy now because the guys, they improve. They play better and better,” Rublev said. “I hope I’m going to do my best tomorrow, I hope I will show a great match and we’ll see what’s going to happen.”

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Red-Hot Rublev Cruises Past Fognini In Belgrade

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Second seed faces World No. 1 Djokovic in Sunday’s final
Andrey Rublev produced another scintillating performance at the Serbia Open on Saturday to ease past Fabio Fognini and set a blockbuster final with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the ATP 250 event in Belgrade.

The World No. 8 had produced an exhibition of fierce baseline hitting in his quarter-final clash with Taro Daniel on Friday and Rublev fired a similar streak of brutal forehand winners on his way to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Fognini at the Novak Tennis Center.

Rublev suffered a tough three-set defeat to Jannik Sinner in the third round at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters but has bounced back in style in Serbia. He battled through a three-set clash with Jiri Lehecka in his opening match but there were no such problems against Fognini in Saturday’s semi-final as Rublev showed once again how big a threat he poses on the clay in a quickfire 62-minute win.


Rublev had Fognini under pressure early but the Italian recovered 0/40 to hold serve in the opening game of the match. There was nothing Fognini could do to stop Rublev reeling off the next five games, however, as the second seed struck the ball with power and precision on his way to the first set.

Fognini struggled for fluency in his second tour-level semi-final of the year, but he was given scant room to express himself by his opponent. The Italian battled hard to carve out his only three break point opportunities of the match as Rublev served for it at 5-2 in the second set, but the second seed repelled the threat before clinching victory after Fognini fired a backhand wide.

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Rublev was relentless on serve throughout. He fired five aces and dropped just nine points on serve in the match, according to Infosys ATP Stats. The 10-time tour-level titlist will need to produce a similar display against Djokovic, one of the all-time great returners on the ATP Tour.

The victory brings Rublev level with Fognini at 5-5 in the pair’s ATP Head2Head series. Rublev has now triumphed in the pair’s past four meetings.

Rublev chases a third tour-level title of the season in Sunday’s championship match, having captured trophies in Marseille and Dubai in February. It will be the second ATP Head2Head meeting between Djokovic and Rublev, after Djokovic ran out a 6-3, 6-2 winner at the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals in November.

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Rublev Defeats Djokovic For Belgrade Title

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Second seed wins third ATP Tour crown of the season
Andrey Rublev captured his third tour-level title of the season Sunday, overcoming World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and a lively Serbian crowd to complete his Serbia Open debut in style.

In a hard-fought clash, the second dug deep against Djokovic as he hit with relentless power and intensity to outlast the home favourite 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0 at the ATP 250 clay-court event.

The 24-year-old saved five set points in the second set to force a tie-break and while he was unable to prevent Djokovic from eventually levelling the match, Rublev regrouped in the decider as he looked the fitter of the two to triumph after two hours and 29 minutes.

Rublev has now equalled Spaniard Rafael Nadal for the most tour-level titles in 2022, having also clinched crowns in Marseille and Dubai in February. With his maiden victory over a World No. 1, the World No. 8 has levelled his ATP Head2Head series against Serbian Djokovic at 1-1, gaining revenge for his defeat at the Nitto ATP Finals last season.

Rublev arrived in Belgrade off the back of disappointing ATP Masters 1000 performances in Miami and Monte Carlo, where he lost in the second round and third round, respectively.

However, he re-found his top form this week, dropping just one set en route to the title as he also eliminated #NextGenATP Czech Jiri Lehecka, Japan’s Taro Daniel and Italian Fabio Fognini with heavy-hitting performances.

Sunday’s final was the fourth championship match of the season that featured two Top 10 players, with Rublev’s win improving his tour-level championship match record to 11-5.

In an entertaining final, Rublev quickly found his range as he demonstrated good footwork to dictate on his aggressive forehand. The second seed continuously forced Djokovic deep behind the baseline as he took large cuts at the ball to pull the Serbian around the court. The World No. 8 broke Djokovic twice in the first set and saved the one break point he faced to move ahead.


Fuelled by confidence, Rublev would have been eager to pull away at the start of the second set, but Djokovic had other ideas. He began to hit with greater depth and started to win the backhand exchanges to pull into a 2-0 lead. However, Rublev demonstrated his fighting qualities as he quickly levelled at 2-2, before he saved two set points in a mammoth service game at 4-5 to hold.

Djokovic then fended off a break point himself at 5-5, before Rublev once again found big serves and heavy forehands at the crucial moment to save three more set points on serve at 5-6 and force a tie-break. The Serbian would not be denied though, storming into a 5/2 lead in the tie-break before letting out a roar when he levelled the match.

The effort the World No. 1 put into the second set seemed to catch up with him in the decider, though, with Djokovic fading fast in the third set as he was unable to match Rublev's intensity. The second seed continued to strike the ball aggressively in the third set, but Djokovic no longer had the answers, with Rublev storming to victory.

Djokovic was competing in his third event of the season as he aimed to clinch his maiden title of the year against Rublev. The 34-year-old, who lost in the quarter-finals in Dubai and the second round in Monte Carlo, battled past Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic and Karen Khachanov in three sets to reach the championship match.

The top seed now holds a 38-6 record in Serbia, having lifted the trophy at the Serbia Open in 2009 and 2011 and at the Belgrade Open last season.

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