Athletistic / Tennis. In the second round match of the ATP tournament in Indian Wells, the Russian Andrey Rublev and the British Andy Murray will face each other in the Masters category.
SPORT.RU invites you to a live online text broadcast of this meeting:
Tennis. ATR-1000. Indian goods. Second circle. Rublev – Murray. Direct
The second racket of Russia, Andrey Rublev, begins his tournament journey at the Masters in Indian Wells from the second round, since he is seeded fifth in the thousandth round. The opponent of our tennis player will be the 36-year-old Briton Andy Murray, who recently hinted that this season could be the last in his career. In the distant past, the Scottish native challenged the Big Three of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. So, in 2016, Murray was even briefly the world’s first racket. But now, Rublev, 26, clearly appears as the favorite of this confrontation and should beat the Briton.
Andrey hasn’t had the best time during his short tour of the Middle East, where major tournaments have recently been held in Doha and Dubai. In the capital of Qatar, Rublev finished the fight in the quarterfinals, sensationally losing to the little-known Czech Jacob Mensik (4:6, 6:7). A week later, the Russian showed a good result at a tournament in the largest city of the United Arab Emirates, but was forced to put away his racket in the 1/2 final, after a confrontation with the representative of Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik (7:6, 6:7, 6:5). And now, after a short rest, Rublev is ready to start in Indian Wells, where in his first match he will meet the multiple winner of Grand Slam tournaments.
However, Murray won his last TBS in 2016. For Andy, this season was overall triumphant. The Briton won Wimbledon, the Olympics and ended the year with a victory at the ATP final tournament. However, after the 2016 season, Murray was only able to win two titles. In 2017 Andy won the tournament in Dubai and in 2019 in Antwerp. Now the Briton occupies 60th place in the ATP rankings and, at 36 years old, is reaching the decisive stages of competitions less and less often. For example, Murray played his last final a year ago in Doha, after which he did not even reach the quarterfinals.
In head-to-head matches, Rublev wins with a score of 2:1. Andrey scored victories at the 2021 Rotterdam tournaments in the second round (7:5, 6:2) and at the 2022 ATP Abu Dhabi Finals (6:4, 7:6). And Murray’s only success dates back to 2017, when the Briton defeated our tennis player in the second round of the Australian Open (6:3, 6:0, 6:2).
Tennis. ATR-1000. Indian goods. Second circle. Rublev – Murray. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU March 9 no earlier than 00:30 Moscow time
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