New wave.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (22 years old; seed n ° 5) and Andrey Rublev (22 years old; seed n ° 13) are from the same generation, the “Next gen”, praised by the ATP to begin to sketch a sequel in the shadow of sacred monsters.
"We grew up together.
He has made a lot of progress.
It will be difficult to play against him.
He has a complete game, solid in all compartments ”, presents Tsitispas who will experience his first quarter-final in Paris (the 2nd in the Grand Slam, after the Australian Open 2019).
First quarter-final at Roland Garros for his rival for whom it will be the third quarter-final in the Grand Slam.
Copy and paste at Roland-Garros.
Tsitsipas and Rublev had a comparable tournament.
After a shared final in Hamburg on September 27, the Greek and the Russian were led from the start 2 sets 0 at Roland Garros.
Against the Spaniard Jaume Minar and the American Sam Querrey in the 1st round.
Before taking their marks and rolling out.
Tsitsipas has not experienced the slightest hitch.
Rublev let 2 more sets go.
"It's funny.
We had a difficult week in Hamburg, lived an intense final.
We were led 2 sets to nothing in the first lap, before coming back.
We are here.
We hope that it will be captivating, that we will be able to show a good level and that the spectators will appreciate ”, summarizes the Russian.
The opposition promises.
“He's a badass.
In English, this is called a '' tough cookie ''.
He's tough to play because he's solid in all areas of his game. He's improved his serve tremendously.
He also has extremely powerful punches.
His playing style is similar to mine.
Mine is more about going up to the net, and I use angles a little more than him.
Either way, it will be hard to beat.
It is true that he will bring out the best of my game, when we will be face to face, ”promises Stefanos Tsitispas.
Rublev of a short head.
So close… If Rublev is a little shorter (1.88 m against 1.93 m), it is the Russian who dominates the face-to-face with a short head.
During their last meeting, on September 27, just before Roland Garros, the Russian's finish got the better of the Greek, in the final in Hamburg 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
As in the 1st round at the US Open in 2019. Tsitsipas won in the semi-finals of the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2018.
Rublev and models.
Winner of Roland-Garros among the juniors in 2014, Rublev can hope to follow in the footsteps of the glorious elders who then lifted the Musketeers Cup: Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl or Stan Wawrinka.
Remembering this period in the juniors, the Russian assures us: “I was totally different.
I was a child.
I was doing stupid things, stupid things on and off the court, but I already loved tennis and I worked hard.
I worked hard as a kid and teenager, but I was not aware of what tennis is, what to do on the court, what to do outside of the court. short.
I was training, hitting, hitting, practicing, but without really knowing what to do to defend well, without knowing all the details of the game, I didn't even know how it worked. "
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