Andrey Rublev has described the "weird feeling" that prompted him to undergo emergency surgery before flying out to compete in the China Open and Shanghai Masters.

In these minutes Andrey Rublev is playing the quarterfinals in Stockholm tournament against Stan Wawrinka, but on the eve of the match, the Russian had shared a shocking confidence in a press conference, revealing that he had undergone surgery after the US Open.

Rublev is now in action at this week’s ATP 250 in Stockholm, where he is the top seed. After winning his first match, he made light of his health scare and bluntly declared: “

The tennis star is ranked seventh in the world, having won 16 career titles. His US Open run was cut short in the fourth round after a marathon five-set defeat to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.