Rublo Rublev comes from behind to beat Ruud in UTS London
The Russian came from a quarter down to beat Ruud and win his first match in London
Andrey Rublev
Andrey ‘Rublo’ Rublev came from a quarter down to beat Casper ‘Iceman’ Ruud at the UTS Grand Final in London on Friday.
The Russian lost the first quarter 12-14 to Ruud but then bounced back to win the next three quarters 19-8, 18-12, 18-9 and win the match.
In the first match on Friday, Diego “El Peque” Schwartzman defeated Benoit “The Rebel” Paire, 11-17, 14-13, 21-10, 16-17, 5-4.
Both players will be back later in the night session with Rublev taking on Schwartzman at 8pm local time, while Ruud takes on Paire at 10pm.
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