Andrey Rublev is one of the fittest tennis players on the ATP circuit. Yesterday he added in Dubai against the American Fritz (6-3 and 6-1 to face the Hungarian Fucsovics in the quarterfinals) his 22nd consecutive victory in ATP 500 tournaments, which is the second best streak in history in this category, after Federer's 28 wins between Dubai 2014 and Halle 2016, and above the 21 for Andy Murray Queen 2016 and Barcelona 2017. Rublev has won the last four titles of the third tier of men's tennis: Hamburg, Saint Petersburg and Vienna in 2020 and Rotterdam this year.
The Russian adds almost $ 7,700,000 in prizes throughout his career, of which almost a million correspond to this year's earnings.. Nevertheless, has recognized on occasion that, despite such an amount, he has not yet been able to acquire a home that he owns.
He justified this statement by assuring that tennis is sometimes a very expensive sport. “In 2020, I continued to pay my team members despite not competing for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Luckily I didn't have to pay for any plane tickets. I keep winning but tennis is a very expensive sport. “
#Rublev says he does not have enough money to buy an apartment yet. “In 2020 I had to pay my team members for five months without competing due to Covid. Luckily I did not have to pay any air flight ticket. I still earned money, but tennis is a very costy sport.”
– Luigi Gatto (@LuisGatTWI) March 15, 2021
Criticism of the ranking
Asked after his triumph in Dubai about the current ATP ranking system following criticism from Zverev, with whom he agreed as this has prevented him from climbing more positions in recent months, he said: “If the normal ranking system had been maintained, I think I would be number 4 in the world. What do you think is better for me, being number eight or number four? With the current system it is more difficult for me to rise to number four, that's the answer. “