Already very solid Rublev!

Despite his set lost in the first round, I found the Russian to be in good rhythm and he is enjoying an easy second round so everything seems ok for him to continue tomorrow.

For his second match in 2 years on grass, I expected to see a Rublev who was searching for himself and who lacked bearings. Well, not at all! A very solid match against Wu, a player I was wary of given his quality of hitting. Rublev was leading comfortably 6/4 5/4 before dropping his serve for the first time in the match, but it was Wu who played a very big game to break and get back into the match. The Russian's second set was a little less good with 46% of first serves in particular, but nothing alarming, he put some more into the third set and won comfortably. He is often messy or a little sluggish at the start of a tournament and it is when he strings together victories that he becomes a real danger for any player on the circuit. Rublev was already good in the first round, so watch out for him for the rest. On his way a certain Hanfmann, a player against whom he lost in Rome, on a very heavy clay and to the advantage of the German. Hanfmann is much more comfortable on clay, his big kick on serve doesn't really hurt on grass and with his big size it's more complicated to move.