Tennis: Top seed Rublev out of Kremlin Cup, Sakkari into WTA Finals
MOSCOW (AFP) – Adrian Mannarino saved a match point to defeat top seed Andrey Rublev at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday (Oct 21), avenging his defeat to the Russian in the Moscow final two years ago. France’s Mannarino, 33, triumphed 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 over the world number six to reach the quarter-finals. “Two years... » read more
Tennis: Rafael Nadal knocked out of Monte Carlo Masters by Andrey Rublev
MONTE CARLO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO (AFP) – Rafael Nadal’s bid for a 12th Monte Carlo Masters title was shattered by Russia’s Andrey Rublev, who swept to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 quarter-final win on Friday (April 16). Nadal, bidding to reach the semi-finals of a Masters event for the 75th time, followed world number one Novak... » read more
Tennis: Rublev takes down Tsitsipas to reach Rotterdam final
THE HAGUE (AFP) – Andrey Rublev beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) on Saturday (March 6) to advance to the final in Rotterdam and extend his winning run in ATP 500 events to 19 matches. Fourth seed Rublev broke Tsitsipas twice in the opening set and put the second-seeded Greek away with a dominant tie-break... » read more