MOSCOW, August 11 Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev called the victory over the world's number one tennis player, Italian Jannik Sinner, necessary for him, given his unsuccessful results this year.
On Sunday night, Rublev defeated Sinner in the quarterfinals of the Masters tournament in Montreal, Canada.
«It was a great match for me. I played very well today and I'm happy that I was able to win. I still don't really understand what happened, because Jannik is an amazing player, he's been playing incredibly for the last two years. I just hoped that I could compete with him, show great tennis. We had a lot of great long rallies,» the ATP website quotes Rublev as saying.
«Winning a match like this is always special. Of course, I needed a match like this, especially after some bad moments this year. So, of course, I'm happy,» he added.