Andrey Rublev claimed his first Masters 1000 title by beating teenager Holger Rune 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the Monte Carlo Masters final.<\/span><\/p>\n Rublev was 4-1 down to his 19-year-old opponent from Denmark in the deciding set and saved two break points before levelling the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A double fault from Rune then gave Rublev a 6-5 lead before the 25-year-old served out for his 13th ATP title.<\/span><\/p>\n “I don’t know what to say,” said Russian world number six Rublev.<\/span><\/p>\n “Trailing 1-4, 0\/30, then saving break points, thinking there is no chance to win. But somehow I did it.”<\/span><\/p>\n Rublev, who had lost two previous Masters 1000 finals following defeats in Monte Carlo and Cincinnati in 2021, hit 33 winners against world number nine Rune. <\/span><\/p>\n “I was hoping deep inside that I would have one chance,” added Rublev.<\/span><\/p>\n “Play until the end. I remember the previous finals and when I was losing I thought I’d have no chance and mentally I was going down.<\/span><\/p>\n “But today I thought, ‘just believe until the end’, and this is what I was trying to do in the third set, hoping I would have an extra chance to come back and what a way to do it.”<\/span><\/p>\n
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