Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman in the first round of the Vienna Open. The match ended with the score 6: 4, 6: 1. In the second round, the Russian will play with the winner of the match between Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) and Thiago Monteiro (Brazil).
Rublev, 24, is on the eighth line of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. He has 12 wins in association tournaments, is Olympic champion in mixed doubles and winner of the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup as part of the Russian team. 30-year-old Schwartzman is ranked 21st in the tennis ranking, has four ATP titles to his credit.
The Vienna Open is an ATP 500 tournament held in Vienna on a hard surface. The prize pool is $ 2.3 million, and Karen Khachanov from Russia also made it to the second round.
