Vienna Open: Andrey Rublev Wins To Claim Fifth Title This Season

 

Andrey Rublev has clinched his fifth ATP Tour title of the season after defeating Lorenzo Sanego in straight sets victory in the final to lift the Vienna Open title. 

The Russian had a clean unbeaten run through the tournament and stamped his control of his opponent winning by 6-4 6-4 and saved the two break advantages faced against the Italian player. 

"This tournament is really special for me because my grandma was also Austrian, so I have Austrain blood," said Andrey on leveling with Novak Djokovic on titles won so far this season. 

The 23-year-old was faced with a hard-fought match against Dominic Thiem in the quarter-final, and survived a scare in the opening set after outlasting the Austrian-native player in a tie-break to win the set and breezed through the decider. 

Winning Vienna Open title guaranteed the champion, Andrey, his first-ever qualification to Nitto ATP Finals which be held between 15-22 November at the O2 Arena in London . 

"There are still so many things I need to improve and it's going to be a good challenge for me to see what exactly I need to improve to be at that level, to be able to compete against the top eight players."

There are still so many things I need to improve and it's going to be a good challenge for me to see what exactly I need to improve to be at that level, to be able to compete against the top eight players."