LONDON : Russian Andrey Rublev's diving skills are becoming a theme at this year's Wimbledon after another spectacular flight across the lawns during his fourth-round victory on Sunday.The 25-year-old set up match point in a five-set thriller against Alexander Bublik with a gravity-defying lunge to someho
LONDON : Russian Andrey Rublev's diving skills are becoming a theme at this year's Wimbledon after another spectacular flight across the lawns during his fourth-round victory on Sunday.
Bublik stood in stunned disbelief as Rublev somehow redirected the ball back into an open court - a point he said he will remember forever, especially coming on Centre Court. Rublev pulled off another point-winning dive in his previous match against David Goffin and at this rate he could have a show reel to take home after the tournament.
"I don't know if I will ever feel this feeling. At this score, final set, being on Centre Court at Wimbledon in front of all the crowd at this tight score in the end of the match, to make this shot, I don't know how many times in a life you will have those moments. It's one of the highlight of my life."Rublev is an unlikely successor.
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