Rublev recovers from fever to win title; thanks doctors

Andrey Rublev with the trophy in Madrid on Sunday. Pic/AFP

Despite sleepless nights struggling with a fever, Andrey Rublev found a way to fight back and win the Madrid Open for the first time.

Rublev won 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 after Auger-Aliassime double-faulted on the last point of the final at the clay-court tournament. "I would say this is the most proud title of my career," Rublev said. "I was almost dead every day. I was not sleeping at night. The last three, four days I didn't sleep." Rublev gave "full credit to the doctors," who were "doing some tricky things" to make sure he could play. "I have no words. If you knew what I had been through in the past nine days you wouldn't imagine I'd be able to win a title," he said.

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