Rublev storms into Spanish final (VIDEO)

Russia’s Andrey Rublev continued his dominance over Dominic Thiem to qualify for the Gijon Open final

Russian top seed Andrey Rublev extended his winning streak over Dominic Thiem to four matches as he surged into Sunday's Gijon Open final with a straight-sets win against his Austrian rival on Saturday afternoon.

The aggressive Rublev, currently ranked ninth in the world, looked every bit one of the sport’s top men’s players as he stormed past the 2020 US Open winner by a score of 6-4, 6-4.

However, Rublev came close to an embarrassing slip-up in the first set as he allowed Thiem back into the first frame despite at one point being 4-1 up, and on the brink of making it 5-1.

Rublev has been candid about some of the frustrations which he says occasionally find their way into his play and appeared to lose his cool towards the end of the first set as it seemed he had allowed Thiem a route back into a set he had previously been dominating.

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