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Andrey Rublev is a Russian tennis player who has previously won 19 ATP tournaments and reached 30 finals at tour level. This victory was his 400th in his career.
Andrey Rublev reached the final of the ATP 250 tournament in Hangzhou, beating Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet in the semi-finals with a score of 7:6 (7:0), 6:1. Sports.ru reports this.
This victory was the 400th in his career at the tour level for the Russian tennis player. Among active players, only eight people have won more matches: Novak Djokovic, Marin Cilic, Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, Daniil Medvedev and Kei Nishikori.
In the final, Rublev will meet the winner of the second semi-final between Medvedev and Roman Safiullin. Thus, the final of the tournament will be Russian in any case.
In the first set, Rublev converted two out of seven break points. In the second set, the Russian tennis player served five aces and made one double fault. Jacquet, ranked 107th in the ATP rankings, did not convert a single break point.
This will be Rublev's 31st tour-level final. Previously, he had won 19 tournaments and lost 13 decisive matches.
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