Wimbledon: Is this the hit of the tournament?

2023-07-10 09:57:00

In the last game of the fifth set, when Rublew served to win the match when the score was 5:4 and 30:15, the Russian managed a magic stroke that was reminiscent of the young Boris Becker: following a backhand longline from Bublik, he countered on number seven staid Russian with a spectacular pike shot that not only amazed the audience but also his Kazakh opponent.

In the subsequent interview with the winner, Rublew was modest: “That was probably the happiest shot ever. I don’t think I can do it once more.” He can already prove the opposite in the quarter-finals – there he meets either defending champion Novak Djokovic or Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

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