Andrey Rublev has revealed he does not view Carlos Alcaraz as being \u201cinvincible\u201d and asserted that it is \u201cbetter not to go out on the court\u201d if \u201cyou don\u2019t believe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> holds a perfect 12-0 record in 2026, having started his campaign by winning the Australian Open before adding the ATP 500 crown in Doha last week.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard\u2019s victory at the Qatar Open extended his lead as the world No 1, taking his points total to 13,550 \u2014 the fourth-highest ranking points figure in ATP history<\/a>.<\/p>\n The seven-time major winner defeated Rublev, who was the reigning champion, 7-6(3), 6-4 in a high-level semi-final in Doha.<\/p>\n In an interview with Spanish news outlet Marca<\/a>, Rublev was asked if he is a player who considers Alcaraz to be unbeatable.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s more of a question for him because he\u2019s the one winning the matches,\u201d said the world No 18, who has been ranked as high as fifth.<\/p>\n \u201cMy feeling is that I want to beat him. And that I want to be competitive enough to win titles. You can\u2019t get it into your head that he\u2019s invincible.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner comparisons with the \u2018Big 3\u2019 given fresh perspective by former world No 3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Australian Open blow confirmed as United States Tennis Association makes big announcement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou have to respect Carlos and any other opponent, but at the same time believe in yourself and think you can win. If you don\u2019t believe it, it\u2019s better not to go out on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked what conclusions he drew from his latest match with Alcaraz, Rublev said: \u201cI learned a lot. The first is that I\u2019m on the right track. It\u2019s the first match where I felt competitive playing against him from the baseline.<\/p>\n \u201cIn previous matches, including the one I won against him in Madrid or when I won a set, it was more because Carlos played poorly or because I, at times, played very well. The Doha match was completely different.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s true that he played well, without doing anything incredible, but I was able to compete on equal terms from the baseline. I felt like I could keep up with his pace, his power, his intensity\u2026 And it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve noticed that with Alcaraz on the other side of the net.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other times we\u2019d played, if I didn\u2019t finish the point on the third or fourth shot, I had no chance. I couldn\u2019t keep up with his pace or his intensity, something that did happen in Qatar.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore, the only tactic that worked for me was hitting a winner because, if we got into a rally, he would take complete control.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the recent semi-finals, I felt there was no need to play so quickly and I could defend the long rallies. To beat him, it\u2019s also a matter of details that he does better than I do.\u201d<\/p>\n Rublev holds a 1-5 head-to-head record against Alcaraz.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: ATP Indian Wells: How many points will Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, Draper drop at ATP 1000 event?<\/a> The post Andrey Rublev has strong message for players who think Carlos Alcaraz is \u2018invincible\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andrey Rublev has revealed he does not view Carlos Alcaraz as being \u201cinvincible\u201d and asserted that it is \u201cbetter not to go out on the court\u201d if \u201cyou don\u2019t believe.\u201d Alcaraz holds a perfect 12-0 record in 2026, having started his campaign by winning the Australian Open before adding the ATP 500 crown in Doha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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