Rublev needs 8 match points to beat De Minaur in Doha. Medvedev out with food poisoning
Andrey Rublev saved one match point and needed eight of his own to subdue Alex de Minaur 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8) in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Thursday. The long journey to the win prompted Rublev to joke about de Minaur, “I wanna punch him.”