“Words cannot explain how grateful [I] am”: Andrey Rublev thanks doctors and staff for taking care of him in Madrid

Russia’s tennis star Andrey Rublev has thanked the doctors for taking care of him in Madrid. The 26-year-old has recently won the Madrid Open where he defeated Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime in the final in a hard-fought contest with a score of 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Rublev, after the match, while talking to the press, stated that he would be visiting the doctor as he had been sick even before playing the final. “I'm still sick, and tomorrow I guess I will go to the hospital for a full check,” he said. “Don't know exactly what's going on, because I have been sick already for eight, nine days, and this is not normal… Normally all my life, if I was sick, it's two, three days, maximum… This time, first time I feel the worst in my life… Inside of me is full of medication!”

Rublev, in a story on his official Instagram account, thanked the doctors and the staff for taking care of him. “Words cannot explain how grateful (I) am to all (the) doctors at ‘Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela,’” wrote the world number six. “You are amazing people and doctors, thank you for helping me to get healthy! (It) means a lot to me.”