Athletistic/Tennis. Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev made a successful debut at the US Open 2022. The Moscow native has already picked up a second victory. Earlier, Rublev defeated the representative of South Korea Sun Woo Kwon – 6:3, 6:0, 6:4.

Thus, Rublev reached the third round of the US Open for the fourth consecutive year. So far, however, Andrei has never climbed further than the 1/4 finals of Grand Slam tournaments. Currently, the Russian tennis player is ranked 11th in the ATP rankings.

In the 1/16 finals of the US Open, Rublev will play with Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

Here’s how Rublev’s match at the US Open was rated by foreign tennis fans on social media:

distant:
– On the one hand, I’m happy that Rublev got the victory, and on the other hand, I’m a little sad that he did in the confrontation with Kwon. I really like these two tennis players. Well, in general the game featured a real scattering of cool draws from the back line.

Kepaow06:
– Rublev’s submissions were too powerful for Kwon. Cool! Well done, Andrey!

Mitchell Rayner:
– Forward, Rublev!

M Layer:
– I’m sure Kwon should have chosen a different tactic for the duel. The fact that he wouldn’t be able to outplay Rublev in a furious long-range firefight was already clear.

Nasta Legoyda:
– I hope that this victory will help Rublev to gain even more confidence in himself, shaken after all this scandal with the withdrawal of Russian athletes.

Moorish Brooklyn:
– Rublev punished his opponent brilliantly in this encounter.

Dennis am
– That’s a shame. Kwon proved to be just a scapegoat on Rublev’s path through the tournament grid.

TW Park:
– Rublev is good. You cannot discuss here.

M Yefa:
– I think he can win the US Open.

Airkuna:
– I do not think so.

Zack black-smith:
– It’s impossible to win a major when the only weapons in your arsenal are long-range strikes.

Michael Martin:
– I guess Andrei, as always, screwed up in the quarterfinals.

jonathan Paul Calledo:
– Personally, I would really like Rublev to finally submit to the Grand Slam tournament, but, of course, there are still a lot of tough opponents on the way.

Thek1d92gaming:
– 0:6 in the second episode – it’s quite sad. No matter how strong Rublev is, Kwon should have fought for at least 1 game.

모건HANOI:
– And I thought that in general, Kwon did a decent job. Just Rublev is too strong.

Rublev – Russian tennis player; 2020 Olympic Mixed Doubles Champion (paired with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova); winner of 14 ATP tournaments (including 11 singles); winner of the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup 2021 within the Russian national team; ATP Finals Under-21 Finalist (2017); the seventh racquet in the world in singles. Honorary Master of Sports of Russia (2021).

Andrei Rublev was born into a sports family. Her father, Andrei Rublev Sr., is a former professional boxer. Leaving sports, he went into business and now owns a chain of restaurants in Moscow. Mother – Marina Maryenko, tennis coach, previously worked with Anna Kournikova, Daria Gavrilova and Irina Khromacheva. It was she who brought little Andrei to tennis at the age of three. Her sister Anna-Arina Maryenko, master of tennis sports, is now engaged in training.

Has the nickname “Ruble”. The childhood idol in the world of tennis was Marat Safin. In addition to Russian, he speaks English and Spanish. He loves music and plays the guitar. Among the hobbies of a tennis player can also be noted boxing and basketball.

Since 2017 he has been training under former Spanish tennis player Fernando Vicente.

Last season, Andrey played for the Russian national team at the ATP Cup along with Daniil Medvedev, Aslan Karatsev and Evgeny Donskoy. In the first match against the Argentina national team Rublev beat Guido Pella 6-1, 6-2, then in the doubles match with Aslan Karatsev they lost to Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Ceballos 4-6, 6-7 (4) , which did not prevent the Russian team from winning 2:1. In the second game against Japan, Rublev beat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1, 6-3, while Russia won 2-1 and left the group first. In the semi-final against Germany, Rublev defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, while the Russian team won 2-1, only losing the doubles match. In the final against the Italian national team, Rublev defeated Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-2, and the Russian team won earlier than expected 2:0. Thus, Andrei and Daniil won all the singles matches and won the national team victory in the tournament.

At the Australian Open, Andrei reached the quarterfinals, again losing to Daniil Medvedev.

Andrey then won the ATP-500 tournament in Rotterdam, which was his fourth in a row in this category.

The next tournament in Doha was unusual, because Andrey made it to the semi-finals of the tournament without playing a single match: thanks to his high odds, he missed 1 round, and then Richard Gasquet and Marton Fucovich refused. In the semifinals, Andrey lost to Roberto Bautista-Agut. However, Andrey won the doubles tournament with Aslan Karatsev. It was the first joint tournament for them except for a match at the 2021 ATP Cup.

At the Olympics, Andrei initially gave an unsuccessful start, losing in the first round of the tournament in singles against Kei Nishikori, and in doubles with Khachanov against Rajiv Ram and Francis Tiafoe. But then, with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, they went through Croatian pair Dariya Jurak/Ivan Dodig, tournament host pair Ena Shibahara/Ben McLachlan, in the semi-finals they beat Ashleigh Barty and John Pierce, and in the final they met another Russian pair Elena Vesnina / Aslan Karatsev. The Russians won all 4 matches in the decisive tie-break of the third set.

In September, he took part in the Laver Cup as part of the European team, with which he won the tournament.

In 2022, Rublev won the tenth title in tournaments under the auspices of ATP. He beat Czech Jiri Vesela in the final of the PTA tournament in Dubai with a score of 6:3, 6:4. During the match, Rublev ran into the judge. Then he explained that he thought the referee made 3 mistakes, so he couldn’t stand it. But he blames himself for this episode.