Rublev, to the Finals as a leader in titles and victories

Probably and with the permission of the stars Nadal and Djokovic, Andrey Rublev is the tennis player in the best shape of the circuit in this 2020. He showed it this Sunday at win by a double 6-4 in the final of the ATP 500 in Vienna against the Italian repeater Lorenzo Sonego, who went from a loser in the previous one to a finalist without giving up a single set and after eliminating the aforementioned Djokovic by a resounding 6-2 and 6-1.

Rublev, 23-year-old Muscovite and eighth in the ranking, trains at the 4Slam Tennis Academy in Gavá, under the command of former Spanish player Fernando Vicente. He is the leader of the year in titles, with five, one more than the world's number one, and with the same victories as the Serbian, 39. Also, thanks to this latest triumph, qualifies for the ATP Finals in London. He is the first Russian to win five trophies in the same year Since Nicolay Davidenko in 2009, he has 15 consecutive wins in ATP 500 tournaments and he's on a 19-1 streak in the final stretch of the season.

Against Sonego, who had grown from his great performance in the tournament, Andrey showed no cracks. With two breaks in the hottest moments of each set, for 3-2 in the first and 5-4 in the second, as great players do, he took the victory without suffering hardly on the covered track of the Austrian pavilion. It will be a fearsome rival in the Masters that closes the tennis course and that the eighth place is still free. They are already classified also Djokovic, Nadal, Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Zverev. It's almost done Schwartzman, even though Berrettini it stalks him and Pablo Carreño maintains remote mathematical options. The 1,000 Masters of Paris will dictate sentence.

“There are still many things that I must improve and it will be a good challenge for me see what exactly I need to be at that level, to be able to compete against the top eight players, “Rublev said.