In among one of the most interesting games of this preliminary of the Australian Open, the Russian Andrey Rublev made his best minute on the circuit as well as gave no chance to the Austrian Dominic Thiem, guest of the organization. The number 5 seed prevailed over the uneven rival and thrived in straight sets, with the final rating of 6/3, 6/4 and 6/2, in 2h09 of separation.
After extending his benefit in retrospect with Thiem, noting the fifth successive triumph, having actually shed just the initial two matches in between them, Rublev will deal with the champion of the confrontation in between the tennis player of the cas Max Purcell, coming from the qualifier, as well as the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori.
Quadrifinalist of the tournament in 2021, in among his best campaigns of his job in Grand Slam, the Russian has a great chance of at least amounting to the result after the withdrawal of Australian Nick Kyrgios, with whom he would certainly cross in the round of 16. To obtain past the quarterfinals he will certainly require to play a lot of tennis, because at this stage they have every little thing to test Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Dimitrov advancements and is close to a duel with Djoko
Even closer to Djokovic in the team is the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who had an indigestible challenger in his debut, encountering the Russian Aslan Karatsev, semifinalist in Melbourne two years ago. Spo that the 28th fave made a solid start as well as beat his very first opponent in the tournament in straight collections, scoring partials of 7/6 (7-3), 7/5 as well as 6/2.
To be able to reach a possible duel with ‘Nole’ in the third round, Dimitrov has to overcome an additional Serb, Laslo Djere, who won the Belgian quali Zizou Bergs by 3 sets to 1, with the final score of 6/4, 1/ 6, 6/4 and 6/1. It will certainly be the very first time that the Bulgarian will fulfill Djere on the expert circuit.
