Andrey Rublev was one of the most consistent players in the first two months of the 2020 season before the suspension of the ATP Tour was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Moscow native player beat four players outside the world number 60 and claimed the Qatar Open final in Doha against Corentin Moutet at the start of January. One week later the 22-year-old Russian player claimed a back-to-back title in Adelaide beating South Africa’s Lloyd Harris to become the first multiple champion of the 2020 season. He broke into top 20 on 13th January joining Danil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov as first Russian trio in the top 20 since Marat Safin, Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny on 5th March 2005.
Rublev lost his first match of the year against Alexander Zverev in the fourth round at the Australian Open ending a 15-match winning streak.
Last February he lost in the quarter final in Rotterdam to Filip Krajinovic and in Dubai to Daniel Evans. Rublev is currently fifth in the ATP Race to London.
The Russian player is locked in his home in Moscow, but he tries to remain positive ahead of the restart of the season.
“Like most people in the world, I spend my time in quarantine mode. I am not going anywhere, I am always at home. I have no routine. Everything is mixed up. Still, I exercise every day as much as possible to stay fit. For many players these times are troubled ones as they don’t have the opportunity to make earnings. For me it is hard without tennis. I want to return to the court as quickly as possible, play matches and enter tournaments. I can’t plan anything right now. We can only believe that everything will end soon. It is impossible to plan something. I can’t plan anything right now. Everything will depend on the situation in the world”.
