Andrei Rublev won the second trophy in his career at the masters tournament in Madrid.
In the final in the Spanish capital, the Russian was better than Felix Auger-Aliasim - he won after a reversal, 4:6, 7:5, 7:5.
Rublev won his first cup from the 1.000 series last year in Monte Carlo, and today he reached his 16th cup, the second in 2024.
The Canadian had two break points in the first set (4:1), Rubl'ov reduced it to 4:2 by taking away his opponent's serve, but it was too late for him to come back in the game.
He had a minus, but he was ready for a big fight, so the next two sets had a lot of similarities.
In the second, Rublyov missed break chances before he finally came into his own in the 12th game and equalized at 1:1, and then in the deciding set he forced his rival to lose by serving a double service fault.
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