Rublev reaches Dubai final after first win over Zverev

Defending champion Andrey Rublev produced a brilliant performance to defeat Germany’s Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 to reach the final of the Dubai Open.

WHAT. A. MATCH.

Rublev secures the win after a tense tiebreak, taking the match in two sets against Zverev 💪

Final 👉 incoming… @ddftennis | #DDFTennis pic.twitter.com/fznGfRYmq0

— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 3, 2023

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The Russian, beaten in all five of their previous matches, held his nerve at the end, finally securing the win on his sixth match point and set up a final against either world No 1 Novak Djokovic or former No 1 Daniil Medvedev.

Zverev, он his way back to full confidence after six months out through injury, had never even dropped a set in their five previous battles and the Russian had only made it to a tiebreak once.

But Rublev sensed his chance today. He stayed strong, clinching victory on his sixth match point, having saved a set point of his own.