Athletistic / Tennis. Late in the evening of February 14 in Rotterdam (Netherlands), Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev (fifth racket in the world) defeated Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime in a difficult match of the 2nd round of the ATP-500 category tournament. The match ended with a score of 3:6, 7:6 (8-6), 7:5 in favor of the Russian.
The tennis players spent 2 hours and 36 minutes on the court. Following the match, Rublev completed five aces, made two errors on his serve and converted a break on five break points. Odet-Aliassime has 20 serves, five double faults and a successful break point on four attempts.
It is worth noting that Andrei Rublev won a triple match point with a score of 4:5 in the third set.
In the third round of the Rotterdam tournament, Andrey Rublev’s opponent will be Australian Alex de Minaur, with whom they had already played in 2024 at the Australian Open. Then the Russian turned out to be stronger.
The current winner of the Rotterdam tournament is another Russian, Daniil Medvedev. He withdrew from the tournament this year while continuing to recover from his loss in the Australian Open final.
Source: Sport
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