Argentinean player Horacio Zeballos won the M1000 in Montreal in a duo with Marcel Granollers and, in this way, was crowned in the Canadian tournament. He did so after beating Ram and Salisbury 6-2 and 7-6 in the final of this tournament. In this way, he remains the world number one in doubles together with his Spanish partner.
With this result, the Argentine player remains at the top of the ATP rankings. It is worth mentioning that the player from Mar del Plata was not chosen to be part of the Olympic Games in Paris. He was even left out of the doubles that could have given the national Olympic committee one more medal. In this sense, it is worth saying that Zeballos won.
The player from Mar del Plata was at the centre of controversy after the Argentine captain, Guillermo Coria, did not call him up for the Paris Olympic Games, despite being one of the best players in the world in the doubles category. In this sense, the tennis player from Buenos Aires is one of those who could have had the best chances of winning a medal in the Olympic competition, since he also has victories – already in singles – for example against Rafael Nadal. Zeballos, on the other hand, won eight Masters 1000 in his career.
In 2019 he won the Indian Wells Masters 1000 with Nikola Metic, but then the rest was with Marcel Granollers, his usual doubles partner. In that sense, it is worth saying that over this time he has won several titles in this discipline, among the most notable are, without a doubt, Montreal (2019), Rome (2020), Madrid, Cincinnati (2021), Shanghai (2023); Rome and Montreal (2024). With this series of victories, Zeballos remains, together with his doubles partner, the main number 1 in the discipline.
Rublev shocked the tennis world and revealed that he suffers from depression
Sitting in the conference and very happy for having pulled off the upset against Sinner, the Russian began: “This is a very special moment for me because I have been fighting serious problems for many months. I needed a win like this to feel like I can play well again and beat the best.” He also confirmed that “mentally these have been tough times” because he has been “very disorganized” in his personal life. And he added, with sincerity: “I’ve been battling depression for many years, with many problematic issues off the court, and I ended up very burned out… This season I exploded, especially when I was on the court.”
Rublev’s bad streak and the controversy on the court
At the beginning of May 2024, the European defeated the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime at the Madrid Masters 1000, although from there A sporting debacle began that was not free of controversial attitudesHe fell in the second round in Rome, in the third at Roland Garros, in the first in Halle, did not play Wimbledon, suffered a tough defeat against the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in the semifinals of Umag and reached the quarterfinals in Washington, where he surprisingly lost in straight sets against local Frances Tiafoe.
