Ranked outside Top 100 in February, Moscow champ Rublev into Top 25

Andrey Rublev, who won Moscow on Sunday, climbed to a career-high No. 22 on Monday, following his title victory at his home event.

It's a significant rebound for the 22-year-old, who had some injuries and dropped below the Top 100 at the beginning of the season. But he says the fluctuations in ranking and opinions of others don't bother him any more.

“I learnt not to take too close to my heart],” Rublev [told RT. “It’s normal. When you lose, everybody says his career is almost over, he will never come back. When you start to win everybody starts saying, we have been believing in you since the beginning. So it’s a normal part of any sport.”

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The big hitter has improved a lot during the second half of the season. In Cincinnati, Rublev upset Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer, before losing in the quarterfinals against Daniil Medvedev.  In Hamburg, he reached the final, upsetting Dominic Thiem en route.

But the young Russian not concentrating on specific goals, just on his play.

“My main goal is to do my best every day especially [during] practices. Every day to try to improve the things that I need to improve.” Rublev said. “Because if I do it well, and I improve I will do better at tournaments. If I do better at tournaments, I will win more matches. If I win more matches my ranking would be higher. Everything comes together.”

Rublev has now won two career ATP titles.