Russian Andrey Rublevnumber seven in the world, defeated his compatriot on Monday night with a partial score of 6-4, 2-6 and 7-4 Daniil Medvedevfifth place in the ranking ATPin an exhibition game Bullring Mexicoin the capital of the country.
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“Tonight is special for me and long live Mexico,” Rublev said after winning the Tennis Showdown at the Plaza de Toros.@CentralFOXMX @FOXSportsMX pic.twitter.com/pBAv0KnTJk
— Rodrigo Tovar (@RodTovar) March 21, 2023
Both tennis players have reached mexico city after his participation in Indian Wells Master 1000in California, and which ended on Sunday, with Medvedev reaching the final of the tournament against Carlos Alcaraz; Bye, Rublev He advanced to the round of 16 after failing with the Brit. Cameron Norrie.
In the first set of the match on hard, fatigue from the final played 24 hours before Medvedev presses on him, showing haste in completing his first serve. Rublev won 6-4 thanks to parting which he received in the fourth, sixth and tenth games.
The fifth racket of the world added significantly in the second set, breaking the opponent’s serve and increasing the score 2:0. He extended his lead to 4-1 in the fifth and sealed the set 6-2 for the same board ” Mexico”.
Andrey returned to dominate third set with your service; took the lead in game six 4-2. Daniel He responded in the seven with a pair of shots that helped him in a sleeve-tightened break; one game later equalized 4-4 with his serve.
At the end, the contestants suggested long exchanges from the bottom of the court, leading them to 6-6 to determine a tiebreaker set in which he finally won Rubleva 7-4.
GREAT EXHIBITION!👏🏽😍
Andrey Rublev takes revenge and defeats Daniil Medvedev in #TennisShowdown Mexico🎾https://t.co/pJVadzImoE pic.twitter.com/RX6KjHa7W7
— Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) March 21, 2023
Before this exhibition Medvedev juice four finals in a row this year 2023; won in Rotterdam, Doha And Dubai (there he beat Rublev); lost in Indian Wells.
In the preliminary match Tennis duel Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal And Robert Farahthe world’s number one pair in 2019, beat the locals in a tiebreak 10-8 Santiago Gonzalez And Manuel Sanchez.
COLOMBIANS REPLACE!🎾
Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal eventually defeated the Mexicans. @gonzalesanti and Manuel Sanchez in a duel #TennisShowDown 🤩 pic.twitter.com/CBi0u8SoQ1
— Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) March 21, 2023
In previous cases Bullring Mexico he had already hosted tennis stars in exhibition games. Swiss in 2020 Roger Federer beat the german Alexander Zverev in front of 42 thousand spectators.
Last December, the legend, the Spaniard Rafael Nadalsaid goodbye like a pro in front of Mexican fans at an exhibition in which he defeated a Norwegian Casper Ruud.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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