Athletistic / Tennis. In the semi-final of the ATP-500 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships tournament, which takes place in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Russian Andrey Rublev and German Alexander Zverev will meet
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Tennis. APR. Dubai. Semi final. Zverev – Rublev. Direct
Today, March 3, the semi-finals will take place at the ATP-500 tournament in Dubai. Russian tennis players will play in each of them. First, Andrei Rublev will compete for a ticket to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final, which will be opposed by Germany’s representative Alexander Zverev. Well, in the second pair of semi-finals, Daniil Medvedev will fight with the world’s first racket – Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Thus, Andrei Rublev continues to defend his title in Dubai, which he won a year ago in a duel against the Czech Jiri Vesela (6:3, 6:4). The upcoming semi-finals will be difficult for the Russian tennis player, mainly psychologically. The fact is that Rublev has never beaten Zverev in official meetings of the ATP Tour. Sasha has 5 wins in 5 fights against Andrey. But that was before Zverev’s serious injury at Roland Garros last year. The German tennis player hasn’t played for a long time, so he is still far from his former optimal form. For the first time in this confrontation, Rublev takes a higher position in the ATP rankings than Zverev. However, in tennis, as in many other sports, it is not the numbers that win, but the specific people.
The Dubai tournament is the first for Zverev after the injury, where he reached the semi-finals. Yes, Sasha is gradually returning to her former state, but at this moment Rublev is able to beat the German, with whom Andrey has a long-standing friendly relationship. It should be noted that our tennis player passed the quarter-final against the Dutchman van de Zandshulp on a great rise of emotion. And all because in the 1/8 match Rublev managed to score an incredible victory over the Spaniard Davidovich-Fokina, when Andrei released a set in the tie-break of the second game after five match points of the opponent. After achieving such success, the Russian dealt in straight sets Botik (6:3, 7:6), entering the confrontation with Zverev in excellent condition, both physically and psychologically.
Zverev was frankly lucky with his opponents in the current tournament. There were none of the top 30 as Canada’s Auger-Aliassime unexpectedly stumbled in the round of 16. So we will only see Alexander’s current true form in a duel with Rublev. Their last personal encounter was in the summer of 2021 in the Cincinnati ATP Finals, when the German beat Andrei 6:2, 6:3. By the way, Rublev not only never beat Zverev in official matches, he didn’t even take a set. So with the incentive from the Russians for this match, it should be fine.
Tennis. APR. Dubai. Semi final. Zverev – Rublev. Direct
The online text broadcast of this match will begin on SPORT.RU March 3 at the earliest at 4:05 p.m. Moscow time
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