Follow us on Google Discover It seems that many players on both the ATP and WTA Tours are struggling in the latter stages of the season.
That was certainly the case for former world number three Elina Svitolina, who ended her season early due to feeling burnt out.
Svitolina is one of many players who has cut her season short, joining the likes of Jack Draper, Paula Badosa and Barbora Krejcikova, who have been struggling with injury.
Now another ATP player has confessed that he could take an extended break from the sport after admitting he has been struggling recently.
Photo by Mathias Schulz/Newhouse Media/MB Media/Getty ImagesAndrey Rublev admits he could take an extended break from tennis
It has been a mixed season for former world number five Andrey Rublev, who won the Qatar Open earlier this year.
However, after reaching the fourth round of the US Open, Rublev has been unable to win another match since then.
As a result, this has confirmed that something has happened to Rublev for the first time in six years.
After losing his fifth match in a row, Rublev spoke to Russian media outlet Tennis Bolshoi about how he was feeling.
In an honest reflection, Rublev admitted he felt burnt out, but did explain that his feeling is exclusively related to tennis and he was feeling better off the court.
“I need a break, a real one,” said Rublev. “I’m too worn out, too exhausted, too…burnt out, so I definitely need a break. But thank God, off the court I’m feeling really good, better and better. So it’s just a matter of time before it shows on the court as well.”
When prompted about when this feeling started, Rublev suggested that it was around the time that this losing streak began, “Probably at the start of the China swing, I fully noticed it after the first tournament.”
Rublev was then asked about how he plans to stop feeling this way, to which he revealed he could take an extended break from tennis.
“I just need a pause. But we decided to at least finish the season somehow and then just take a pause, however long it takes, whether it’s weeks, a month or more,” responded Rublev.
“Just take a pause, stop thinking, and take a rest from tennis. Because I’ve dedicated my whole life to tennis, and I’ve never had the chance to live outside of it. So I need to take that pause now to live a life outside of tennis.”
How many ranking points is Andrey Rublev defending for the rest of the 2025 season?
After losing in the first round of the Vienna Open to Cameron Norrie, Rublev has dropped back down to world number 17.
This is the first year that Rublev has been outside the top 10 since 2022, but he is unlikely to return there until at least next year.
Rublev is defending 60 more ranking points this year and has only one more tournament on his schedule at the Paris Masters.
As he looks to end his five-match losing streak before the end of the 2025 season, Rublev will play another British player in Jacob Fearnley in a first-time meeting.
Rublev is a former semifinalist at the Paris Masters, but lost his only match at the tournament last year.