“We play with him in training, and it's always stubborn sets.
We play at the same level.
And then, when you go to the match and lose, like today, it becomes clear that this is psychology, ”the press service of the Asia-Pacific Region quotes Rublev as saying.
According to Rublev, he was perfectly ready for the fight physically and was able to show his best tennis.
“It's not about the game.
It's all about the mental side, which allows you to find the key to how to behave in such matches.
Because I have the game, so it's not about it, ”he added.
In the final match of the tournament of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Andrei Rublev lost to the German Alexander Zverev in two sets in less than an hour with a score of 2: 6, 3: 6.
Zverev won the 17th ATP singles title.
Russian Daniil Medvedev retained his second line in the ATP ranking.