The reigning champion the Russian Andrey Rublev, second favourite, and the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, sixth, they met in the semifinals of the Rotterdam tournament after beating, respectively, the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics and the British Cameron Norrie.
The Russian, who had only played the Australian Open so far in 2022 until arriving in Rotterdam, will now face the Canadian who is seeking the first title of his career.
Toni Nadal’s pupil was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open and he never beat Rublev with which he lost in Adelaide in 2020 and in Umag (Croatia), in 2018.
One of the best matches that the ATP circuit can give on a fast court indoors It can be followed from 3:30 p.m. by STAR +.
