Macau Tennis Masters: Muchova, Rublev and Nishikori seal victory for Team Michael Chang on Christmas Day

The 2024 Macau Tennis Masters has completed on Christmas Day with Karolina Muchova, Andrey Rublev and Kei Nishikori sealing victory over Xinyu Wang, Casper Ruud and Juncheng Shang on the final day for their team captains.

They were split into two teams with Michael Chang having the boost of Muchova who showed impressive form this week as well as Rublev who came straight from the World Tennis League where he sealed the title.

It is yet more glory for Rublev. He starred with Muchova on the opening day in a well received doubles tandem before defeating Juncheng Shang. He was in the Captains Challenge where Li Na and Michael Chang play with the pros to start off.

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But on the final day, he defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 7-5. Just one break for both in each set and it was a match with much friendship between the pair as Rublev sealed yet another win.

While Muchova faced off against Xinyu Wang and eased through with fans of the Czech ace on social media making bold predictions about the Australian Open already.

But this helped them on their way with the final match basically a dead rubber but one that saw joy finally for Juncheng Shang though was superb in the final match to finish it off as he eased past Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-4.

Shang was poor last week at the ATP Next Gen Finals so will take some confidence in returning to the fore. Albeit Michael Chang’s team remained otherwise unbeaten so sealed the win.

Certainly a good confidence booster ahead of the new season especially for Muchova and Rublev who shone over these two days. Most of those involved now move on to the United Cup or assorted tournaments in Australia and New Zealand flying straight from Macau in this case.