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After two hours and 21 minutes of great battle, the Russian won 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and celebrated the fifth title of his career and the third in 2020.
Stefanos, after coming back from a setback and taking a clear lead from the victory in the decider (3-5), was transformed for the worse and suffered a defeat quite reminiscent of the one he suffered earlier this year at the US Open, by Borna Coric.
Rublev won 16 of the final 19 points of the match, made the most of Stefanos’ imbalance in the game, and clinched his inaugural career title in an ATP 500 series tournament.
Dramatic ending in a great match, enjoyed by all who watched, as the quality of tennis played for the longest time, was first class.
However, to the bitterness of the loser, Stefanos will leave Germany for Paris, which will launch in the first round of Roland Garros on Tuesday, facing Spain’s Zaum Munar.
This was the seventh ATP final lost in Stefanos’ career and the fifth in an ATP 500 tournament, where he has yet to become champion, having lost so far: twice in Dubai, once in Barcelona, once in Beijing. and now in Hamburg.
Although he came very close to exorcising this curse of the lost finals on a 500-yard dash, he ultimately failed to do so and fatally took home the finalist’s trophy.
In terms of final statistics, Rublev finished the match with an advantage in almost every category.
More specifically, she had a better percentage of points earned behind the first serve, but also the second serve compared to Steph, who was definitely “hurt” by the ugly 12/30 she had on her second serve.
In 97-91, the counter of the total points of the match stopped, in favor of the Russian, of course. As for the breaks, Rublev did one more (five against four) and that was the most important, since he came at 6-5 of the 3rd set.
HAMBURG OPEN DRAWING | DOUBLE DRAWING | OOP (-1 h)
Source: Tennis24
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