Russian tennis player, London Olympics bronze medalist in doubles Nadezhda Petrova believes that Andrei Rublev it won’t be easy in the game against the Serb Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
– Rublev is a good guy to get to this stage, beating Holger Rune in five sets, it was a crazy fight. And Djokovic, of course, is the favorite in this tournament, he still has a ‘grievance’ from last year when he was naughty kicked out of Australia, and he will definitely want to prove that it was a mistake to do this to him . In general, Djokovic likes to play in Australia, he won a lot there and showed his best tennis. Also, there are a lot of Serbs there, he has a great support group.
If Rublev is not thinking about winning, but about showing his best tennis, then, of course, he can annoy Djokovic, maybe bring him to the fifth set. I think it won’t be easy for Andrei, Djokovic is good and stable, he is physically in great shape. Well, Novak’s goal is to score as many Grand Slams as possible, which he continues now in Australia, Petrova told Gazeta.Ru.
Rublev eliminated the Dane in the previous round Holger Rune having won 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 (11:9)
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