Double Grand Slam winner in mixed doubles Andrei Olkhovsky in a conversation with , he expressed the opinion that the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev was a little embarrassed in the semi-finals of the last ATP tournament with the Norwegian Kasper Ruud.
Rublev lost to Ruud on Saturday with a score of 2:6, 4:6. The Norwegian won nine in a row during the game.
– Even from the point of view of the game, Andrey’s last game is somewhat incomprehensible to me. He had a little miss in this tournament when meeting with Djokovic, and now also with Ruud. These are two totally inexplicable matches. He assumed that Rublev was capable of winning, judging by the tennis he showed in Turin. I think there were prerequisites. However, the last match did not even show impotence… Losing nine games in a row is probably too much for such a level.
Maybe it’s linked somewhere to a lack of recovery, too much desire to win. In my opinion, Andrei was a bit constrained. The speed was just a bit short and Ruud shoots everything on the back line. If the Russian was freer, then maybe he would be more active.
Sometimes counterplay on such surfaces does not bring the expected success. Unfortunately, Andrei very often acts predictably for the opponent. This is a question for his team. In the first game against Medvedev, I noticed that Rublev changed his tactics a bit. The direction of certain strokes, positions. It brought success. When Rublev constantly follows the usual game, the opponent gets used to it, and this does not bring success. With Medvedev he managed to rebuild, with Ruud – no.
Matches with Ruud and Djokovic are similar – the emotional state is unclear to me. Either everything is normal, concentrated, calm, then again an explosion of emotions that does not bring the expected effect. Most athletes, including Andrei, don’t improve their game when these emotions are released. Maybe it’s worth saving them a bit and giving the best of prints. Andrey’s first match at the tournament pleased him with his emotional state and approach. There was patience, resistance to stress. Maybe then Rublev was just fresh, Olkhovsky told .
Rudd will face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final of the final tournament on Sunday.
Source : MatchTV
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