An extended rain break couldn’t extinguish Andrey Rublev’s explosive run to the final of the Omnium Banque National présenté par Rogers, as the World No. 8 dismissed Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 to charge into Monday’s ATP Masters 1000 final in Montreal.
After a one hour, 40 minute suspension in play at 6-4, 1-1 Sunday night, Rublev returned to court crushing winners at will to win five of the final six games of the match.
Rublev advanced to his sixth ATP Masters 1000 final one day after upsetting World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals.
Rublev’s clean-hitting display in the first set took him to the lead after 51 minutes when rain suspended play at 6:05 p.m. local time.
Rublev will play American Sebastian Korda or first-time Masters 1000 semi-finalist Alexei Popyrin in the final.
Arnaldi was competing in his second tour-level semi-final and first at Masters 1000 level. The 23-year-old Italian is currently up 17 spots to No. 29 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings.
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