Tennis: I want to cross the river – Fucsovics



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As is well known, Márton Fucsovics can play the final on Sunday at the men’s tennis tournament in Rotterdam with a total prize of 1.12 million euros (403.5 million forints) against Russian Andrei Rublev (start: 15.30, Tv: Eurosport2, live on NSO). In an interview with MTI, the Hungarian tennis player spoke of wanting to level up.

Márton Fucsovics wants to level up in Sunday’s final (Photo: MTI)

The 59th place in the world rankings, which will reach the final in the Netherlands on Sunday at 3.30 pm, in his statement to the MTI he relived for the first time the semifinal on Saturday, which was won 6: 4, 6: 1 by the most probable . Croatian Borna Coric ellen.

“He was knocked out in our previous three games, but I wouldn’t call him my mom. There were other times when I had a chance to beat him, but then it didn’t work out, now it does. I think I was better in all the elements of the game, I went out onto the field with very good tactics, which I managed to implement “ Said the leader of the Hungarian Davis Cup team, who plays in great form at the Ahoy Arena.

“I’m not complaining, the game went well. Coric was looking for the trap in me, but I didn’t let him find it. I was better, I hit a lot of balls in the middle and I tried not to make mistakes “ He analyzed the 1 hour and 25 minute game.

In the first final of his life in the ATP 500 category, he is the fourth outstanding Russian Andrej Rubljov He is waiting for him, with whom he has 2/1 of his balance: in the qualifying rounds of the Barcelona 2016 tournament and in 2017 in the Davis Cup duel in Budapest, he beat the Moscow tennis player in the eighth final of the last Roland Garros. year.

“I know Rublev is playing fantastic these days, I’m going to tell you what his form is today around 6:00 pm He is a very good player, but I feel like I’ve reached the river and I want to cross it …” – said Fucsovics, who by the time he reached the final, could already jump to position 13 in position 46 in the world ranking alive, and with his triumph he could jump to position 37.

In Rublev’s eighth series in the world rankings, he has 19 winning matches in ATP 500 tournaments. He last won a competition of this category in the quarterfinals in Dubai last February, and has since triumphed in Hamburg, St. Petersburg. and Vienna. It is the third longest series of successes since 2009, behind Roger Federer with 28 wins and Andy Murray advancing to 21, tied with Rafael Nadal and Federer, who reached 19 twice.

The tennis player from Nyíregyháza can prepare for the 15th final in future Challenger and ATP competitions, 0 wins / 3 losses in future competitions, 4/5 in Challengers, while he won an ATP 250 tournament (Geneva 2018), one and lost. the final (Sofia 2019), which means she was able to lift the trophy five times after her 14 finals so far.

In Rotterdam, he has six hits in a row, with a 12/1 set ratio. He is the second player in the history of the Dutch match to advance to the final of the qualifying round, most recently in 2001 by Frenchman Nicolas Escudé, who defeated young Roger Federer at the time.


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