Andrey Rublev's
defeat
to
Feliciano López
exposed Russia to be left out in the group stage and thus fail to fulfill the forecasts that, laden with arguments, placed it as the main favorite to win the Cup. It was enough for them to do little in the doubles match , which finally won to the dismay of Spain, eliminated.
Shamil Tarpischev
, a legend in his country's tennis history, maintained the trust he has placed in Rublev throughout the tournament. He is number five in the world, and even with serious setbacks like the one suffered against Feli, who was excellent in the last two sets, or lapses like the one suffered against
Roberto Quiroz
, the almost discontinued number two from Ecuador, he was going to be in the semifinals .
Much more temperate, Rublev responded this time without falling into excess and won 6-4 and 6-0, in just 49 minutes. He broke early in each set and wisely managed his lead against an
overly contemplative
Dominik Koepfer
. The Russian stabilized well from the success with the service (nine
aces
and 74% of success with the first) and put Russia with an advantage, in the desired place to try to avoid the doubles match if
Daniil Medvedev
is faithful to the script in front of
Jan-Lennard Struff
.
In his fourth game in the German jersey, Koepfer, a debutant in the competition last year, was not up to the task.
He didn't even tickle a tough, hard-hitting Rublev, who seems to be starting to hit his peak at the height of the tournament.
Semi-finalist in 2019 against Canada, Russia now wants its third Davis Cup.
It has the best
singlist
pair
, two and five in the world.
If Rublev exhibits that degree of accuracy and restraint, the 2002 and 2006 champions have a good part of their way.
Croatia is already waiting in the final.
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