The player from Russia, who won the 4th ATP for the fourth consecutive time at Rotterdam last week, reached the semi -finals of the Qatar Open even though he could not score a single point.
As the third seed of the after the Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem, RubleV is exempted from the first round. He then expected to meet Richard Gasquet in the second round but Rubleev's opponent asked to withdraw because of the trauma behind the victory over Blaz Rola.
Rubleev's opponent in the quarterfinals is Marton Fucsovics, who had to submit to the Russian tennis player at the final of Rotterdam Open. However, Fucsovics was also forced to withdraw due to a back injury after winning two victories.
This is the first time in the history of ATP Tour since 1990 a athlete has been in the semi -finals without playing.
RubleV will now play the first match on March 12 against Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi -final. Agut had previously defeated Thiem to win the ticket to the round.
The 23 -year -old player won 8 single titles, 5 of them by 2020, and is ranked 8th in the world. RubleV has also reached the quarterfinals in the last three major professional tournaments.
In 2017, RubleV also listed his name in history when he won his first title in his career at the Croatia Open and became the 7th “Lucky Loser” to receive this ATP title.
The loser is fortunate that the player loses in the qualifying round or does not enter the main round but then crosses the door thanks to another player withdrawing from the tournament, often due to injury.
