Andrey Rublev playfully issues a warning to the Red Group consisting of former champions after winning his 2022 ATP Finals opener against Daniil Medvedev
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World No 8 Andrey Rublev started his campaign at the 2022 ATP Finals registering a remarkable win against World No 5 Daniil Medvedev in the round-robin stage. He defeated his compatriot in two hours and 30 minutes playing some incredible level of tennis as it was quite a close encounter. He talked about defeating a former champion of the tournament and hilariously warned the other players of the Red Group.
It was Rublev’s third consecutive appearance at the Year-end Championship but he is yet to go past the group stage. With this win, he has edged his chances to book his place in the semifinals for the first time as he looks to end the year on a perfect note. He is one of the upcoming players of the sport and is yet to win a major title but has been a formidable opponent in the dominance era of the Big-3.
In the deadly Red Group, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the 2019 champion whereas Novak Djokovic is a 5-time champion and Andrey Rublev is the only one without a title win in Turin. The 25-year-old came out victorious against the 2020 ATP Finals champion despite missing seven set points in the first set of the match. During the post-match interview, he seemed pleased with his win over a former champion while he still has to face two more former champions and funnily issued a warning to them.
He had earlier questioned his presence among the former champions Group and with a big smile hinted that it would have been better for him in the Green Group. Andrey Rublev said that “I beat one former champion, it’s enough. I can go home now. It’s tough. I am in the worst group. I don’t know what I am doing there.“
Andrey Rublev sends out a peace message after winning his match against Daniil Medvedev
The Russians have been affected professionally due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and war conditions. As a result, the Russians were not allowed to play in Wimbledon and a few other tournaments on the ATP and WTA Tour. After the epic Russian battle, Andrey Rublev sent out a message requesting peace by writing on one of the cameras.
The young prodigy has always wanted that the ongoing conflict to come to a halt at the earliest. He went ahead to write the word “peace” three times on one of the on-court cameras followed by the words “all we need”. He has always maintained his stance that he wishes to use the platform to convey his message for peace and keep the war and sports on different sides. This was not his first instance when he tried to make things peaceful by writing his desired message on one of the on-court cameras.
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