Match Response
Rublev displays on emotional progress after Montreal run
Fifth seed misplaced to Popyrin in title match
August 13, 2024
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Andrey Rublev was competing in his sixth ATP Masters 1000 closing.
By ATP Employees
Andrey Rublev might have fallen one match wanting profitable his third ATP Masters 1000 title on Monday night time on the Omnium Banque Nationale présenté par Rogers, however the 26-year-old is pleased with how he managed his feelings all through his run in Montreal.
“It is a very optimistic and a very good week. A extremely huge step ahead I believe. I really feel pleased with myself that I used to be in a position to be actually good all week mentally,” Rublev mentioned. “If we took me again a few months in the past and even one month in the past and even examine my match in opposition to [Popyrin] at Monte-Carlo after I was shedding, I used to be behaving ten instances extra and it was the primary spherical.
“Right here it was a closing. Way more stress. I nonetheless confirmed a little bit of emotion right now, however in comparison with the matches after I was shedding the identical approach, I believe I did a significantly better job. That is why I had just a little likelihood within the second set.”
Rublev has struggled to regulate his feelings at instances up to now, with followers changing into accustomed to seeing the 26-year-old present a full vary of emotions when on courtroom.
Nonetheless, the No. 6 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings was calm all through his run in Montreal, the place he upset World No. 1 Jannik Sinner en path to the ultimate. The 16-time tour-level titlist is eager to construct on his emotional progress within the weeks forward.
“I do know which lesson I must take from this match and simply to maintain transferring,” mentioned Rublev, who misplaced to Alexei Popyrin in straight units within the closing. “I have been [trying to be] extra clear in my head since Bastad and each week I am doing higher and higher.
“This week nobody anticipated that I [would reach] the ultimate and I did it. So I am again in a great place when it comes to rating. So I need to focus, hold enhancing. I simply must take the appropriate lesson and hold going.”
Rublev, who the week earlier than reached the semi-finals in Washington, improved to seventh place within the PIF ATP Reside Race to Turin, as he seeks to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the fifth consecutive yr. The 26-year-old was seeking to declare a second Masters 1000 title of the season after he received Madrid throughout the clay swing.
