Jannik Sinner lost to Andrei Rublev in the quarterfinals in Montreal. Both players played two matches in one day.
Included in the world tennis championships Andrei Rublev achieved a tasty victory as he defeated the world no Jannik Sinner In the men’s singles quarterfinals of the ATP Masters tournament. Rublev won the match played in Montreal 6–3, 1–6, 6–2, despite being in deep trouble at times.
– Maybe my sugar levels were low. But the coach gave me a stick, I ate it, and one game later I was in full swing again, Rublev said after the match.
Sinner’s last few weeks have been difficult. The Italian, plagued by illness, lost to the Russian in the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon grand slam tournament to Daniil Medvedev and eventually had to withdraw from the Paris Olympics due to tonsillitis. In Montreal, Sinner won two matches and then lost to Russian Rublev, who is ranked eighth in the world.
– I played really well, and I’m happy with the win. Jannik is a great player. He has been playing in an incredible way for the last couple of years, Rublev praised his opponent.
– I was hoping to be able to fight him and play great tennis.
The two separated themselves for almost two hours the night before Sunday in a match played Finnish time. The task was terrible, because the match was the second match of the day for both. Rain has disrupted the schedule for the tournament in Montreal, so both played their quarterfinals before Saturday’s late-night quarterfinals.
The tight scrimmage weighed more on the members of Sinner, who after a victorious second set seemed listless in the third set.
Rublev, ranked fifth in the tournament, will face an unranked Italian in the semifinals Matteo Arnaldi.