Russian tennis player Rublev through to Round 2 of 2022 Australian Open
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- 19 Jan 2022
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Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev cleared on Tuesday the opening stage of the 2022 Australian Open, which kicked off in Melbourne this week.
On Day 2 of the prestigious Grand Slam tournament, 5th-seed Rublev stormed past Gianluca Mager of Italy with straight sets win of 6-3; 6-2; 6-2. The match lasted for 1 hour and 24 minutes.
"I was a bit tight; I didn’t know how I’d play," the tournament’s official website quoted Rublev as saying after his match with Mager.
The Russian tennis player had a long break since last year due to a positive case of the novel coronavirus. On December 27, Rublev announced on his Twitter account that his test for the novel coronavirus returned a positive result. Two days later he announced his decision to skip the 2022 ATP Cup.
"It’s not easy when you’re not playing for a couple of weeks, then you go to one of the best tournaments," the Russian tennis player said. "I’m really happy to be back."
The Russian is now set to meet in the next round Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis, who outlasted later in the day Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1; 3-6; 2-6; 6-3; 6-4. Their duel lasted for 3 hours 40 minutes.
Russia’s Rublev, 24, is currently rated as World No. 6 in the ATP (the Association of Tennis Professionals) Rankings List and he is the winner of eight ATP tournaments. The Russian player also reached four times the quarterfinals stage of Grand Slam tournaments, namely at the 2017 and 2020 US Open, 2020 French Open and 2021 Australian Open. Read More…
