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Victoria Azarenka recently expressed her happiness at Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov winning the Madrid Open men's doubles title.
On Saturday, May 6, Khachanov and Rublev secured their first tour-level doubles title together. They defeated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 in a thrilling match that lasted 71 minutes.
Khachanov and Rublev have made it to three ATP Masters 1000 finals together, with their previous ones being at Miami in 2018 and Paris in 2019. Their triumph in Madrid marks Rublev's fourth doubles title and his first with Khachanov.
On Sunday, Victoria Azarenka took to social media to respond to Andrey Rublev's tweet where the World No. 6 expressed his elation at winning the Madrid Open doubles title with Karen Khachanov. Azarenka's response was simple yet heartfelt, as she sent them a red heart emoji.
Andrey Rublev jokes about Karen Khachanov giving him "a lot of s***t" for not winning doubles title together
After their win, Andrey Rublev talked about how compatriot Karen Khachanov used to playfully tease him for not having won a doubles title together. Rublev revealed that Khachanov had given him a lot of "s**t" for winning doubles titles with other players instead of with him. Rublev jokingly added that he had saved the "biggest one" for Khachanov.
"You can't imagine how much s**t he was giving me because I was winning titles with other partners and lot of guys, he was giving me a lot of s**t...with everyone, as soon as you play once you win with everyone and then you never win...I keep the biggest one for you," Rublev said.
The 25-year-old also thanked the seventh-seeded Bopanna and Ebden, acknowledging their impressive performances this season. Rublev also extended his appreciation to Khachanov for his unwavering support throughout the tournament and stated that it's been a "really special week."
"Thank you for the final, and I wish you all the best in your season. You are doing so good, so keep going. Thanks to my partner from my childhood Karen, we have played a lot and finally we have won the biggest title, one of the biggest, so it is a really special week," Rublev said.
