Mutua Madrid Open will have this new champion this year. After abandoning Carlos Alcaraz’s injury and the defeat in his debut of Novak Djokovic, the day this Sunday has left us the elimination of the current winner.
It’s about Andrey Rublevwhich has showed again the shortcomings they carry lasting in recent months and He was surprised by Kazajo Alexander Bublikwhich was imposed 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 in a 1 and 23 minutes.
The Russian managed to overcome a bad start that cost him the first manga To record an impressive 6-0 that took the game to the third set.
But there He suffered a crisis of trust again that made him lose his papers at timesall this before an always unpredictable opponent who took advantage of the facilities he found.
Andrey Rublev, desperate, shattered her racket
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Rublev, which will fall from the first 15 in the world in the ATP classification for the first time since January 2020he was the first champion eliminated before the quarterfinals since Roger Federer was beaten by the Japanese Kei Nishikori in the third round of 2013.
For his part, Bublik, who sealed his second victory against a top 10 on whipped land and reached the quarterfinals in 2021, now waited in the round of 16 to the winner of the match that faces Ben Shelton (12) and Jakub Mensik (22).
In the other match of the morning session, the American Brandon Nakashima (31) won the Italian Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 6-3.
With the elimination of Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev (1) becomes the only survivor of the tournament who knows what it is to win in Madrid. The German, which is measured to Alejandro Davidovich, achieved the title twice, in 2018 and 2021.
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