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Rublev downs Foki to keep Dubai Tennis Championships title defence alive
Updated On: 02 March, 2023 09:51 AM IST | Dubai | IANS
"It happened already [three times] this season and I`m super happy that I`m able to win these matches against [top players," Rublev was quoted as saying by ATP Tour
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Russia`s Andrey Andreyevich Rublev hits a return to Spain`s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (not pictured) during their ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship match in Dubai. Pic/AFP
Andrey Rublev produced one of the comebacks of the 2023 season so far on Wednesday at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where he came back from the brink to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(3) in a second-round clash, here.
Facing five match points at 1/6 in the second-set tie-break, Rublev`s title defence at the ATP 500 hung by a thread. Yet, he stayed focused to reel off seven points in a row and level the match in dramatic fashion, before holding his nerve again in the decider for a stunning two-hour, 25-minute victory.
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