1974 Roland Garros champion in doubles Olga Morozova, in a conversation with a correspondent, noted that the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev will have a hard time in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with the Serb Novak Djokovic .
Earlier Monday, Rublev defeated Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round with a score of 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 (11:9). The tennis players spent 3 hours 37 minutes on the court, the Russian lost 2:5 in the deciding set and 0:5 in the tie-break. Djokovic confidently defeated Australian Alex De Minor in his match – 6:2, 6:1, 6:2.
– It will be difficult for him (Rublev) in the match with Djokovic. Each player has a favorite tournament. And we know that Novak has the Australian Open. No wonder he’s won it nine times. Feels on this ground as in his house on a chair. Yes, he has a small injury, but he is settling in very positively. He says it’s getting better and better. I do not know if that’s true. Yet when you move like that and play that much, it doesn’t always work. However, in any case, Novak will not make any supernatural mistakes. He will approach every ball as he should, so it will be difficult for Andrey.
Rublev should be more powerful, of course. But again, he should score against Djokovic with the right tactic. I think it will be difficult for him to do so. Nevertheless, he is young and he has the experience of these “eights” in the Australian championship. So we hope he plays at full strength, shows his skills and wins. But it won’t be easy as Djokovic is in top form.
Andrei should not go bankrupt, but simply should not give up. Trust the first serve. When there is an opportunity, you have to take points on Djokovic’s second run. Because there won’t be many occasions like that. Especially at the start. While you need to recover, of course. I don’t think he was very tired, just psychologically the match was difficult. Physically he is very well prepared,” Morozova told .
Djokovic is a 21-time Grand Slam winner.
Source : MatchTV
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