In the past, whenever Lublev was mentioned, fans would naturally think of the word ATP500 King. Since reaching the finals at the ATP500 Hamburg Open in 2020, defeating Tsitsipas in three sets and winning the first ATP500 championship in his career, Lublev has entered the ATP500 final five times in two years and won four championships. Judging from this data, it is not an exaggeration to be called the King of the ATP500.
However, the memories of this Russian star in the year-end finals are not beautiful. Although he was shortlisted for the year-end finals in 2020 and 2021, he often returned in the group stage. Perhaps because he could not adapt to such high-intensity games, Lublev's record in the Grand Slam often ended in the quarterfinals.
Since 2022, Lublev has maintained excellent results as always and won four tour championships. Among them, the scenes of winning the dark horse Viselli in the ATP500 Dubai Open final, the ATP250 Serbian Open final were praised after being scored by Serbian king Djokovic, and letting the opponent swallow eggs in front of his hometown elders in the final, and Lublev won the championship in the final. It is worth mentioning that Viselli is the first tennis player to defeat Djokovic in 2022, and he also maintained a good victory in both battles against Serbian king Djokovic. Doesn’t Lublev wins this player in two sets just that he has certain strength?
Although he failed to go further in the Masters and Grand Slams and broke through himself, Lublev still reached the year-end finals with good results. However, after the grouping of the year-end finals came out, many fans were sweating for him. Facing the opponents of Medvedev, , Tsitsipas, and Djokovic, Lublev had lost more than he won. Can he perform a miracle this time?
Sure enough, God seems to be destined to test Lublev. In the first game against compatriot Medvedev, he was led by his opponent with a beautiful offensive, and while equalizing the score, Lublev's confidence suffered a certain blow. Since then, he has no touch and is reversed by his opponent to win the first set. Just when all the fans thought that Lublev, who was entering the second set, was about to disarm early, but he returned bravely in the second set and tied the set. After entering the decisive set, although he encountered tenacious resistance from his opponent again, Lublev dealt with his opponent with rare patience to the end. He finally won the victory in this set and also won his 50th victory in the 2022 season.
With this victory, Lublev rarely gained the lead in advance. However, in the second group stage, he lost to Serbian king Djokovic after only more than an hour, and allowed himself to lose to the first defeat of the year-end finals, and the road to advancement was bumpy again.
In the third group match, facing his opponent Tsitsipas, who had defeated him many times, Lublev quickly lost the first set. At this time, there was a sigh of relief on the online media, and all the fans lost confidence in Lublev. However, it seems that in order to prove that he can make a breakthrough on a larger stage, Lublev completely let go of his second set, fully demonstrated his advantages, and won the second set with a refreshing attack, bringing the game into the final set.
Even if it comes to the final set, many fans still don’t believe that Lublev can advance. After all, he and Tsitsipas are still equal now. As early as 2019, Tsitsipas won the year-end finals, while Lublev never reached the semi-finals.
However, Lublev proved with his own performance that everything in this world is possible.In the decisive set, he actually performed better than the second set. While leading with a wonderful serve score, he completely controlled the situation on the court. Although Tsitsipas has played some good goals since then, he still has difficulty in helping his opponent and eventually has to accept the fate of being eliminated regretfully.
two games, from falling to equalization to reversal. Never climb back from the cliff in a situation that is not favored by anyone, and then kick the opponent into the bottom of the valley. Lublev told the world with his own performance that as long as he does not give up his efforts, there will be hope for everything.
Although he lost to his opponent in the semi-finals in two sets, Lublev has already broken through himself and achieved transcendence in the ATP year-end finals . In 2023, we have reason to believe that he can create better results, so let time prove everything. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yixin Jushi)
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