I believe that many Chinese fans still have some vague memories of the ITF Junior Year-end Finals held in Chengdu six years ago, and the Russian boy whose style of the game is extremely tense and the draw is extremely fierce has drawn a successful end to his youth career with the championship. A little careless, the momentum of the year rublev has come to the 24th year of his life, into the maturity of a professional player.
Flushing in 2017 was the first impression of Lubrev by many viewers. Although he defeated idol Nadal in the quarterfinals, he still left a unique memory point for the audience with the combination of boxing-like violent forehand and tearing abdominal breathing.
However, he was supposed to take advantage of the situation to take off, but he was injured and broke his "wings". Maybe it has something to do with the excessive pursuit of strength, since the beginning of barcelona in 2018, he suffered a back injury and was away from the field for three months. What makes people cry and laugh is that he broke his wrist shortly after his injury because he vented his emotions on the hotel door, "he injured himself."
As if it were a collective unconscious, this young man, who had a name similar to the name of the famous iconographer of the 15th century who had been the protagonist of Tarkovsky's films, also had the stubbornness of the Russians engraved into the bone marrow, and was good at dedicating the drama of rebirth. In 2019, Cincinnati strongly defeated Federer, announcing Rublev's return. In two years, in addition to Wimbledon, he advanced to the quarter-finals of all three slams, setting new heights in his career.
For Rublev, the 2021 season was mixed. Monte Carlo won first against Nadal on clay, and he finished the Masters final in Cincinnati for the first time, and was successfully crowned in the ATP Cup and Rotterdam. But when he came to the Grand Slam, his form was not as hot as the Tour. In addition to the Australian Open, this season's three Grand Slam tournaments, Rublev has not broken through the fourth round, and in Roland Garros is even more bitter to swallow the "round trip".
As he grew older and had a lingering feeling of serious injuries, Rublev gradually diluted his obsession with "until he killed his opponent" and began to make new attempts in line combinations. The slay full court on the Laver Cup showed his remarkablely improved pre-net ability.
Rublev is no longer a "roar-by-the-side player whose output depends on the roar", and he is constantly improving his technique as he begins to pursue a variety of scoring methods. There is no doubt that this will be a difficult and long transformation, but it is worth a try, as long as the 24-year-old Rublev has not lost his ambition to compete for a Grand Slam.