Rublev’s mom: “Djokovic is gorgeous and great. Andrey will still have the opportunity to beat him within a year.”

Marina Maryenko, mother of Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev, believes her son could not handle some things in the fight against Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, but he will have the opportunity to beat the Serb within a year.

The meeting ended with the score 6:1, 6:2, 6:4 in favor of Djokovic.

– It is still difficult to evaluate today’s game, but tennis is tennis, today it turned out like this. Andrei could not cope with some things in the fight against Djokovic, but that’s okay. Djokovic has been biting on Australia since last year, so he won’t give anyone a chance now. Novak is chic and great. Andryushka tried, strove, but almost could not overcome it. Andrey will still have the opportunity to beat Novak during the year.

Does Andrey have a quarter-finalist complex? No, I do not think so. This is attributed to him more by journalists and others. This barrier will be passed, and Andrey will overcome it quite calmly. When there is a lot of hype around, then some things are more difficult to overcome. You should not focus on this.

I would like to say about the support of the Serbs, who filled the stadium with their flags, paraphernalia and support. In Djokovic, she is magnificent among her compatriots. Such support inspires any athlete. We don’t have enough of that.

Our guys at the Australian Open really lack the support from the media and journalists. A flurry of criticism from his own people fell upon Medvedev. I do not blame anyone, but our guys need support. There are so few of them, but they constantly communicate and need inspiring words from the fans. Now we need to support Karen (Khachanov), who also holds a very good tournament.

My son has shown himself well, he has grown a lot and will continue to progress for the sake of all the fans and tennis fans in Russia, – said Maryenko to Sport24.

The next opponent of the ex-first racket of the world at the Australian Open will be the American Tommy Paul, who occupies the 35th place in the ranking.