ATP Hamburg: Félix Auger-Aliassime vs Andrey Rublev
🧠 Form & Context
🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev
- 🔁 Unusual Prep: Typically skips the week before Roland Garros, but chose to play Hamburg to rediscover rhythm—and it’s working.
- ✅ Back on Track: Into his first semifinal since Doha (February), breaking a stretch of frustrating early exits.
- 🏆 Hamburg Déjà Vu: Won this title in 2020, notably beating Auger-Aliassime in the semis that year.
- 📉 Momentum Drought: Hasn’t put together multiple wins at a tournament for months—until now.
🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime
- 📉 Clay Struggles: Despite two ATP titles in 2025, came into Hamburg on a four-match clay losing streak.
- 💥 Hamburg Rebound: Reached his first semifinal since February with a composed, confident run.
- 🇨🇦 Canadian Comeback: Set to reclaim the Canadian No. 1 ranking after falling behind post-Estoril.
- 🏺 Semifinal Specialist: A perfect 3–0 in tour-level semifinals on clay—most recently beat Lehecka in Madrid 2024.
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