Andrey Rublev wins fourth consecutive ATP 500 title after beating Marton Fuscovics in straight sets
ByEurosport
Updated 07/03/2021 at 17:01 GMT
Andrey Rublev's straight sets victory sealed his eighth career title and his fourth consecutive ATP 500 title since the return of tennis after the Covid-19-enforced break last year. The 2021 Australian Open quarter-finalist knocked out Andy Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas and now Hungary's Fucsovics, all in straight sets en route to lifting the trophy in the Netherlands.
Andrey Rublev has won the Rotterdam Open after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-6(4) 6-4 in Sunday’s final in one hour and 53 minutes.
Neither player could break each other in a tense first set where Fucsovics squandered four break points during Rublev’s opening service game.
Fucsovics, ranked 59 in the world, battled hard and recovered from a set point to take it to a tie-break, but Rublev snatched it with his third set point.
The second set was a more straightforward affair for the Russian as he broke Fucsovics in the opening game and never looked back after that.
Rublev's forceful baseline game carried him over the line to continue the world number eight's rapid rise in the men's game.
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