Andrey Rublev sounds the alarm: "Either I change everything, or I disappear from the top 20"

Nothing is going right for Rublev. In the midst of a losing streak, he delivered a striking confession about his current level: "Either I continue like this and I fall back, or I change everything." A statement that sounds like an ultimatum.

Is Rublev ready to make a drastic change to stay at the top? Eliminated in his opening match by Yoshihito Nishioka in Shanghai, the Russian sounded the alarm in an interview for the media outlet Bolshe.

After four consecutive defeats, the world number 14 believes he is at a dead end:

"It's not that they have figured out my game. It's just that my tennis level has hit a ceiling. That's all. Either I continue to be in the top 20, with all the young players pushing me further and further down the rankings, or I change everything radically."