Rublev after ABN AMRO WTT Rotterdam victory 'I feel happy'

Andrey Rublev defeated Marton Fucsovics in the ABN AMRO WTT Rotterdam to win his 8th career title and after the victory, he spoke about it.

A truly dominant week from Andrey Rublev saw him win his 8th career title at the ABN AMRO WTT in Rotterdam. It was also his 20th consecutive won match at ATP 500 events having won titles in Hamburg, St. Petersburg and Vienna last year. After the match he did not happiness saying:

“I feel happy. It has been a really great week- It has been a great past year and a half. We will see if I can keep going, if I can keep this level of competing [and] being a Top 10 [player].”

When asked about the fantastic streak he responed with:

“I was not even thinking [about the streak] until [the media] were starting to put on the internet 16 matches, 17 matches, 18 matches. Of course, it is a great number, but I was not even thinking about it… It is a great feeling to know that I did something that not many players did.”

Despite the straight-set victory, Rublev was aware of how close the match truly was. On the match itself he said:

“It was a tough match, especially in the first set. [It] was really mental. It was so, so close. Both of us had a lot of chances. [In the] first game, he had a lot of chances then, straight away, I had a lot of chances. We were so close [throughout] all the set. Even in the tie-break, it was so close until 4/3.”