Three-time Grand Slam winner and 2016 Olympic doubles champion Elena Vesnina in an interview with , she hinted that the perfectionism of the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev sometimes prevents him from getting results.
On Saturday, September 3, Rublev will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the third round of the US Open.
– It’s good that in the second round, Andrey treated Kwon Sung-Wu with a lot of confidence. It was very nice after the match with Laszlo Gyère, where Rublev seemed very nervous and somehow shifted all the negative moments onto himself. He has this character trait: he is emotional, explosive and constantly wants to be perfect on the pitch. Mr. Perfect. It’s impossible. However, with the defeats, he acquires the necessary experience and is now going through a difficult period where he must confirm his class. Last year he received a lot of advances, they said that Rublev could and should become number one, or even win the Grand Slam tournament.
– You mentioned Andrey’s perfectionism. Doesn’t he seem like it bothers him sometimes?
– And here. You don’t need to be perfect, there are no such people even in ordinary life. It is a sport. Here it is important to focus on taking points. You always have to fight and try to win, and it’s wrong to indulge in self-flagellation because of certain mistakes and to think that you are not entitled to it.
Nevertheless, Rublev learns to overcome such moments, he is gradually moving towards this. He had an incredible last season, and often after that you have more responsibility and more competition on the circuit. There are only more guys who want to beat Andrey because the motivation against top players is only higher. He is faced with this and he needs to be ready for such situations, to grow above himself.
At the start of the US Open, Rublev defeated Serbian Laszlo Györe in five sets (7:6 (7:5), 6:3, 3:6, 4:6, 6:4), and in the second round he defeated Korean Kwon Sung-Wu (6:3, 6:0, 6:4).
Source : MatchTV
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