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Rublev beat world number four and 2019 champion Tsitsipas 6-4
6-4
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on Monday on the back of some fine serving, but the 24-year-old
Russian was clearly not used to playing late after his group
match was scheduled for 9 p.m. local time in Turin.
"During the day, I had a lot of time and I decided to sleep.
Normally I don't sleep during the day - even if I try, I never
fall asleep - and today I fell asleep for more than an hour,"
Rublev told reporters.
"I set the alarm for 6:00 p.m. and when I woke up, it was so
dark. I felt completely broken, like if someone wakes you up at
7:00 a.m.
"I was thinking, 'No, I'm not going to wake up now. I'm going to
sleep for another half hour', because normally in the morning I
set many alarms. Like this, I can sleep longer. At least
mentally I think like this.
"Then I look at the time and it was 6:00 p.m... I start to
realise, 'Oh, I fell asleep during the day. I have a match in a
couple of hours. I need to wake up'."
Rublev, second in the Green Group, next plays world number one
Novak Djokovic, who beat Norway's Casper Ruud 7-6(4) 6-2.
"He's one of the greatest players in history, so I don't know
what to say," Rublev said of Djokovic. "I hope I'm going to win
a couple of games, but the reality is the only thing I can do is
to do my best and believe in myself."
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Shrivathsa
Sridhar)
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