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Rublev Escapes Tight Milan Opener

Italian wild card Gianluigi Quinzi must have felt like it was 2013 again. The former junior World No. 1, who won the 2013 Wimbledon boys junior title, was even with top seed Andrey Rublev for 90 minutes on Tuesday at the Next Gen ATP Finals. The 21-year-old Quinzi had recovered from blowout sets, pushed through exhaustion and found a way to extend the favoured Rublev into a fifth set. But it was late in that decider when the 20-year-old Rublev, already an ATP World Tour titlist, focused on the end goal and sprinted to the finish. The Russian won 11 of the final 14 points against the home favourite to avoid a stunning opening loss, beating Quinzi 1-4, 4-0, 4-3(3),...

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