On Wednesday, Andrey Rublev began his bid for a second Monte Carlo Masters crown in three years when he held off Gael Monfils, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
It cemented a winning debut for his new partnership with Marat Safin, who joined Fernando Vicente on the 27-year-old’s coaching team last week.
Afterwards, Rublev stopped by the Tennis Channel desk. Host Prakash Amritraj attempted to gather some insight about joining forces with Safin, but Rublev saw it as a laughing matter—as you’ll see below:
