Athletistic/Tennis. In the quarterfinals of the US Open 2022, Andrey Rublev could not please his fans. The Russian met American Francis Tiafoe and lost in three sets – 6:7, 6:7, 4:6.

It should be noted that Rublev has already reached the quarter-finals at TBSh six times, but has never reached the 1/2 finals.

Tiafoe was significantly more active than Rublev during the fight and won 46 points with active actions (compared to 31 from the Russian). Andriy, in turn, committed an unusually high number of unforced errors (38), including his favorite forehand. Rublev never managed to take the opponent’s serve the whole match.

In the updated ATP rankings, which will be released on September 12, Rublev will drop to 10th place. Previously, the tennis player was on the 11th line.

Here’s how foreign tennis fans reacted to Rublev’s loss on social media:

Scammer:
Andrew must be in a lot of pain right now. He gave his serve to Francis only once, but still lost in three sets.

Phil Williams:
– Incredible tennis performed by Tiafoe. The thing is, Rublev, after all, did great today, but Tiafoe was just phenomenal.

Christopher:
– Andrei is too monotonous player. If his backstroke tactics don’t work, he loses his mental balance, explodes and loses.

Fernando g. Aguire:
“Francis has lost weight and it’s helping him a lot. Rublev has almost completely derailed emotionally. Great performance, Tiafoe!

Sebastian Tevel:
– The fact that Rublev was mentally broken was noticeable to the naked eye. I feel sorry for him. Well, Tiafoe, I send my sincere congratulations! Now he is playing the best tennis of his career and who knows, maybe he can really go all the way.

Teddy/Dark Mugiwara:
– Beating an opponent such as Rublev in three matches at the Grand Slam tournament is an indicator that you are capable of winning matches against the best of the best.

Papigringo:
– Today, two of my favorite tennis players met on the circuit. And I suspected Tiafoe would be a badass for Rublev. The fact is that Francis knows how to change tactics and adapt to rivals, while Rublev always plays at one speed.

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.

Nicknamed “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.