Rublev overcomes illness to claim Madrid Open title
Andrey Rublev overcomes a bout of illness to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets to win the Madrid Open title.
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in September 2021. Rublev has won 16 ATP Tour singles titles, including two Masters 1000 titles at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and the 2024 Madrid Open. He has reached the quarterfinals of all four majors, but is the male player of the Open Era to have done so the most times without progressing to the semifinals. Rublev broke into the top 10 of the ATP Tour in October 2020. He has won four ATP doubles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Madrid Open with Karen Khachanov, and in addition a gold medal in mixed doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Andrey Rublev overcomes a bout of illness to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets to win the Madrid Open title.
Seventh seed Andrey Rublev of Russia will play Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the Madrid Open.