Arthur Fils too good for Andrey Rublev to reign victorious at Barcelona Open

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/arthur-f-IoIhUqIN/rublev-a-AeAn4gP0/?mid=Y91Yi8Rj"]It was the fourth ATP title and third ‌on clay[/a] for 21-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Fils[/a], who ‌returned from a nearly eight-month injury layoff in ‌February.[/p][p]In the first game, he missed the ‌baseline with a couple of shots, handing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rublev-andrey/AeAn4gP0/"]Rublev[/a] a break. But Fils dug deep to ‌get even, breaking back in the ⁠fourth game to ‌make it 2-2.[/p][embed guid="f7077e2f-5ab7-4424-893d-6c2b68ca4636" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2045894261825036361" social-type="twitter" /][p]Rublev struggled to keep up as ​Fils, now more precise with his forehand returns, picked out the edges ​of the sideline and sent powerful returns past the frustrated fifth seed to win ⁠the first set ​in just 31 minutes.[/p][p]Fils won seven games straight before Rublev managed to hold his own serve to make it 1-1 in the ‌second set. The 28-year-old fended off seven break points to prevail in a 13-minute battle to stay even at 2-2.[/p][p]Fils outwitted Rublev with a backhand drop shot to get a decisive break and go 4-2 up. But when he was 5-3 up serving for the tournament, the world number ‌30 made three straight errors to hand ​Rublev a break.[/p][embed guid="a4863098-e686-44be-855f-b6cfa2e5cfee" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2045897810587820287" social-type="twitter" /][p]Rublev then saved three match ‌points to hold his serve and make it 5-5, and broke Fils to go 6-5 up. But Fils broke back in the very next game to ⁠force a tiebreak, ⁠which he won ‌7-2.[/p]