Marseille, Feb. 21 (BNA): Russian Andrey Rublev avenged last week’s loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime by defeating the Canadian 7-5 7-6 (4) to win the 13th Provence Open on Sunday in Marseille, France. .
It was the first time that the ATP won the second seed Rublev since March 2021 and his ninth overall. The 24-year-old shone in the finals of the Indoor Hard Court Championships, moving to 5-0.
Rublev suffered an early break in the first set against No. 3 seed Auger-Aliassime. In the second set, Rublev failed to serve for the win leading 5-4 and then had to beat a set point in the 12th to force a tiebreak in the one-hour match. and 57 minutes, Reuters reports.
Auger-Aliassime beat Rublev last week in the semi-finals on his way to winning his first title in Rotterdam. Rublev, ranked 7 in the world, improved to 3-1 in his career against Auger Aliassime, ranked No. 9.
open rio
Seventh seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat third seed Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-2 to win the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro.
It took Alcaraz only 87 minutes to smash the Argentine star and win his second career title. The 18-year-old also became the youngest player to win the ATP 500 tournament since the level was established in 2009.
About Alcaraz five of the six points for a break in the game. He also scored 76.5 percent of first serve points (26 of 34), compared to 48.4 percent of Schwartzman (15 of 31).
Delray Beach is open
Top seed Cameron Norrie converted 86 percent of his first serve points as he racked up a 7-6(1) 7-6(4) win over second seed Riley Opelka to win the Delray Beach Open in Florida.
The Briton scored seven aces while claiming his third career victory. He beat the American in both playoffs on his way to the win.
Opelka sent out 25 aces and saved all five break points he faced. But he only earned 13 points out of 71 service points (18.3 percent).