Rublev: 'I didn't expect to play in America,ended up beating Roger Federer'
Andrey Rublev spoke about his great American hard-court swing. In the Cincinnati third round the Russian got past Roger Federer in straight sets. Rublev said: "Like I said many times, couple of times before in America, I didn't even expect that I'm going to play couple of tournaments there. By the lucky, I went alternate, and I did really great victories that I didn't expect. Of course, is give me a lot of confident, bring me back on the high position in the ranking, which has allowed me now to play all the tournaments till the end of the year main draw. I mean, yeah, it did a little huge change for the moment. We'll see if I can keep it this way and I can keep working and still improve."
Asked if the fact that his compatriots Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev getting great results makes him feel pressure, Rublev replied: "Not really because I try to focus more on me, to focus what I'm doing, not to look what the others are doing. In the end, if someone also do, doesn't matter which age players doing we, it's great job for him. It means he's working in a good way, the right way, and he deserve to be there, to do good results. It's means that I might do something wrong, that I'm not working enough, I'm not working in the right way. If I'm not doing good results, so it means I need to change something. Or maybe I do everything right, but just something happens that you're unlucky and you have to have more patient because your moment also will come. I try to focus more on me."
from Tennis World USA https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/77763/rublev-i-didn-t-expect-to-play-in-americaended-up-beating-roger-federer-/
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