Andrey Rublev beats Rain, Matteo Arnaldi to reach Montreal final | ATP Tour

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Rublev beat the rain, Arnaldi reached the final in Montreal

The fifth have won five of their last six games after a rain delay

August 12, 2024

An extended rain break could not dampen Andrey Rublev’s run to the final of the Omnium Banque National presented by Rogers, as World No. 8 ousting Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 to reach the ATP Masters 1000 final on Monday. Montreal.

After a one-hour, 40-minute stoppage time with a score of 6-4, 1-1 on Sunday night, Rublev returned to the court as a crushed winner as he won five of the last six games of the match.

“The wait was worth it. I’m happy to be in my first Canadian final.” Rublev said. “I want to recover, rest well and be ready for tomorrow. The idea [of not going to the Olympics] I had to be very ready to go to Canada, so if I play in the final, it means we did really well.”

Rublev advanced to his sixth ATP Masters 1000 final a day after upsetting World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals. World No. The former 5 has had a rollercoaster run at the Masters 1000 level this season. He had single-match victories in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo before settling for the title in Madrid, but then lost his second match in Rome.

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Rublev’s clean-hitting display in the first set gave him the lead after 51 minutes when rain stopped the match at 6:05 pm local time.

In Monday’s final Rublev will play American Sebastian Korda or first-time Masters 1000 semi-finalist Alexei Popyrin in the final. Rublev has already moved up to seventh in the PIF ATP Race to Turin and will overtake Novak Djokovic for sixth if he is to win the title. Rublev is looking to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the fifth year in a row.

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Arnaldi was competing in his second tour-level semi-final and first at the Masters 1000 level. The 23-year-old Italian currently climbs to No. 17 from No. 29 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings.