Andrey Rublev opens up about the impact of the Ukraine war on him
Andrey Rublev opens up on his sufferings and impact on him due to the Ukraine war and wished for peace.
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The world No.6, Andrey Rublev reveals the struggles and impact he had because of the Ukraine war last year. He won the semifinals against Alexander Zverev yesterday and is all set to defend the title at the Dubai Tennis Championships. He defeated the seventh seed, Zverev in straight sets and reached the first finals of this season.
Rublev defeated Zverev for the first time in six meetings and paid homage to the late Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi. He signed the camera lens again, this time with the message, “Tsoi is alive.” On this occasion, the Russian spoke in the press conference after the match and talked about his next match against Daniil Medvedev and also about the impact of war on him.
Speaking to the press he said, “I mean, of course, was tough. It’s hard. It’s hard to talk about it because even if you try to – how you say – just play tennis or something, to stay practicing and stuff, you know it’s affecting you even if you are not part or with or something, but still, it’s affecting a lot. You cannot act like nothing happen because it’s horrible. Like I was saying all the time, it’s c*azy that so many just normal citizens suffering, dying. Is just not easy.”
He further added by saying, “It’s not easy that it’s happening in our time when we have all the mobile phones, Internet, social media. There is kids, they just want to do TikTok. In the end, happens at the same time these things. It’s tough to just understand. Of course, it’s affecting. The only thing I hope that soon is going to be peace in every countries. I hope is going to be peace in our countries. I hope is going to be peace in other countries where is happening the wars now.”
Andrey Rublev is set to face Daniil Medvedev in an all-Russian finals at Dubai
After a series of wins under his name, Andrey Rublev is set to face his fellow countryman, Daniil Medvedev. Although Rublev had a mediocre season so far, he will give his best to defend the title here in Dubai. Having won the last two matches against Medvedev will also boost his confidence going into the finals. However, Medvedev is looking in red-hot form as he will be coming into the finals with a win against Novak Djokovic.
Talking about the finals, Rublev said, “I mean, with Daniil, it’s going to be basically, if I’m going to play Daniil, it’s going to be maybe 30 shots one rally. Daniil is similar. Daniil is like to be the one that counterattack, wait for the right moment. I mean, I’m happy that I was stable today mentally, especially on the tiebreak that I was able to be there, to play well. So we’ll see what’s going to happen.”
While Medvedev will be looking to make it three titles in three weeks, Rublev will be trying to defend his title. Therefore, it will be an even clash between the two top players in the contest. However, on paper, Medvedev is looking slightly ahead of Rublev.
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