Medvedev-Rublev is a match valid for the group stage of the Atp Finals 2023: schedule, news, predictions, live TV and streaming.
Countrymen, fellow citizens, but most importantly, best friends since their teenage years. Once they take the court, however, the space for feelings is greatly reduced:it only counts on winning to bring home the first victoryin the round robin of the Atp Finals 2023. In the red group, it’s an immediate Russian derby between DaniilMedvedevand AndreyRublev, who find themselves facing each other for the eighth time (at Atp level) in their respective careers.
In the previous events it is Medvedev’s domination, leading 6-2: Rublev has only come out on top on the concrete of Cincinnati in 2021 and in the last edition of the Finals, always conceding a set to his friend Daniil. In the head-to-heads staged in 2023, on the other hand, there was virtually no history: the two Muscovites faced each other in Dubai and at the US Open, with Rublev forced to settle for a handful of games. Prediction closed, then? No, because the Monte Carlo ’23 champion in the season that is about to end made some significant steps forward, such as winning the first Masters 1000 in the Principality’s tournament, beating Holger Rune in the final. Rublev came close to a second a month ago in Shanghai, surrendering to Hurkacz in a hard-fought final.
Russian derby in Turin again
Of the class of ’97 more than the titles surprised the continuity of performance: it is no coincidence that he finds himself among the top five in the world (two positions below Medvedev) at the end of the season.
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The particularly fast surface of Turin suits the characteristics of both, with Medvedev becoming one of the most fearsome players with his sudden accelerations, even for the likes of Alcaraz and Djokovic. The class of ’96 is just back from his elimination in the first round from Paris-Bercy with Dimitrov, but a few days earlier he had lost the Vienna final to Sinner at the end of an incredible match, which ended after more than 3 hours of play.
The prediction
Medvedev knows his compatriot very well and thanks to his impeccable defense often forces him into long exchanges and therefore to make mistakes, defusing his main weapon, the service-straight combination. Rublev will struggle but we assume a Medvedev victory in two sets.
