Rublev, who had not lost a single set during the Bosnian tournament, lost at the start of the first set as in Monte Carlo against the Dane Holger Rune, but this time did not manage to overturn the match . Inconstant, the 25-year-old Russian cracked again in the decisive set, where he found himself trailing 5-1, before coming back to 5-4.
Lajovic, who fell in the quarters of world No.1 Novak Djokovic, did not seem affected by his difficult three-hour semi-final against his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic, where he had to dismiss a match point, and won the second title of his career. This is Rublev’s third defeat in as many meetings against Lajovic, after those in 2019 in Umag (Croatia) and in 2016 in Bielle (Italy), each time on clay.
