Not in his best form, the Serb had to battle hard to overcome the Russian in 3 hours and 3 highly indecisive sets. In the end, Rublev gave in mentally before the absolute refusal of the world no. 1 to accept defeat.
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Hope to see another one tomorrow with the trophy in his hands. :)