Andrey Rublev continued his return to form to reach his first Madrid Open final by brushing aside Taylor Fritz in a straight-sets victory on Friday.
Andrey Rublev reached his first Madrid Open final by brushing aside Taylor Fritz in a straight-sets victory on Friday. Rublev, the highest seed left in the tournament, needed just over 70 minutes to see off Fritz 6-4 6-3 and continue his return to form at the clay court tournament.
'In the end, if you use this chance, like I did, you can get in the final and now looks like I was not losing! It is better to do one final and to lose four first rounds than to lose in maybe the third round or fourth round and to not do the final.' Rublev 'stronger in every department'Sky Sports' Anne Keothavong said: 'It was a very shaky start from Rublev, being broken in his opening game.
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