He has earned his place on the front page of the tennis elite, but the feeling that he has reached the ceiling weighs heavily on him. Andrey Rublev he has accumulated three consecutive seasons finishing in the top-10, has 12 titles to his credit and knows what it is to beat the best in the world. However, he does not seem to generate the same expectation as other tennis players of his level. The glass ceiling that he has in the Grand Slam quarterfinals and not having been able to add a Masters 1000 title can convey a certain feeling of stagnation, although Marina Marenko, his mother, considers that what her son has done this year is a true feat, recovering from a very stressful situation for him such as the war in Ukraine, and considering that this has greatly diminished his results. In words for Sport24, the tennis coach at a Moscow club believes that Andrey will improve a lot in the near future.
Rublev’s entire family resides in Russia, while he spends most of his time in Barcelona, training with Ferdinand Vincent and your team. That is why his courage has been highly valued when it comes to calling for peace in Ukraine on several occasions and in events with great media coverage. It has not been common to see Russian athletes with such a clear attitude regarding this issue, either out of fear of reprisals from their entourage residing in Russia or out of alienation from Putin’s ideas. Andrey has had a hard time and this is confirmed by his mother. “It has been a very difficult year for him. He felt the pressure of the media, who constantly asked him questions at press conferences seeking to break my son’s mind,” she commented.
Rublev has insistently called for peace throughout the season
“I believe that he has behaved like a true hero, he has had to deal on the fly with all the anxiety that this war has caused him and with the constant desire that he take a position and talk about it. I think he was prepared for anything , but this has been too much for him and it has affected his results. I have no doubt that he would have achieved more success if this had not happened. He has not been beaten by any opponent, he fought until the end every game, won four titles and he finished among the best. I’m proud of him and I think the best is yet to come. He’s fought against adversity in 2022 and that’s going to make him come out very mentally stronger,” she says Marina Marenkogiving great encouragement to a Andrey Rublev that it will seek to continue exploring its limits in 2023.
