The world of sports, despite being healthy, carries a series of risks for professional athletes. The Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev I had to undergo emergency surgery after participating in the US Open. The player fell in the fourth round of the US Openafter losing his match, after five sets, against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. When he was leaving the facilities of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, he felt a severe pain in the testicle. The 26-year-old Russian immediately went to the emergency service.
This move was what saved him, as he himself confessed at the Stockholm Open. Despite the seriousness of the matter, the young man wanted to downplay it and even joked about the situation. “I don’t know how to tell it intelligently, but I can tell it in a fun way: “I almost lost my ball.”
“I was very lucky. The blood was not reaching my testicle and at the hospital they told me that when that happens you only have five or six hours to solve it. If not, we have to amputate,” he explained. “I don’t know why I said: ‘I feel something strange, let’s go to the hospital.’ They checked me immediately and took me to get a checkup. emergency operation when only three or four hours had passed since I noticed the first sensation,” he reported.
The athlete, who currently plays under a neutral flag, finished his story by again adding a touch of humor to the situation. “They did it very well and in the end everything turned out great, but I remember that the last thing I did before they anesthetized me was sign a paper authorizing them to amputate my ball. That was the last thing I saw before the operation,” he confessed.
With these touches of humor, the Russian wanted to downplay the serious scare he experienced. Currently, he is ranked number 7 in the ATP world rankings. During the season it has been imposed Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open (ATP 250) and in the Madrid Masters 1000.
The tennis player, who was playing the Nordic Open, in the second round easily defeated Alexandre Muller by 6-4 and 6-1, in a match that lasted just 64 minutes. However, they could not make it past the quarterfinals. Lost against the Swiss Stan Wawrinka. The match ended in sets 6 (5) – 7 and 6 (5) – 7.
He Swiss Indoors Basel It is underway and the Russian wants to continue adding points, which can be vital for the end of the season. Among the participants are Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev himself. Ruud maintains a lead of 225 points over Rublev, who, in turn, has 265 points over ninth place occupied by Alex de Miñaur. Several Spaniards have also traveled to Switzerland, such as Roberto Carballés, Pedro Martínez o Roberto Bautista. The latter will be Ruud’s rival in the round of 32, which takes place on Wednesday, October 23.
