Basilashvili Takes Down Rublev For Second Straight Hamburg Title

For the second straight year, Nikolaz Basilashvili is champion of the Hamburg clay event. The Georgian took his third career title Sunday in Germany beating Andrey Rublev 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

“When you have achievements, people want more and expect more,” said the 27-year-old Basilashvili. “Everybody is writing to me, everybody is happy. I have a lot of support from home and it is a great feeling.”

Basilashvili, who saved two match points in a win Saturday over Alexander Zverev, has now won 12 straight matches in Hamburg including two from qualifying last year.

“It looks like I am playing my best tennis here… Just to see my name next to [Roger and Andrei Medvedev who also defended titles here] means a lot to me,” said Basilashvili.

“I really like playing on the Centre Court here, I see the ball very well… I played my best tennis here and I will come back next year, for sure,” said Basilashvili.

All three of Basilashvili’s titles have come at the ATP 500 level. Rublev, who missed a large chunk of the year due to injury, was seeking his second career crown.

“It was a good week for me. For the moment, my best week,” said Rublev. “Of course, it is always disappointing to lose in a final, but Nikoloz was playing really well and he deserves it. To win two years in a row here is amazing. It is really hard. It is really tough mentally and he did it. It is unbelievable.”

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