Athletistic/Tennis. Monday, November 13, during the ATP Championship Final in Turin (Italy), Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev faced each other. Medvedev won in two matches with a score of 6:4, 6:2.

Rublev started the match with a double fault and gave Medvedev a break point in the first game, but managed to win it back. After that, Daniil brought his serve back to zero – 1:1. In the third game, Andrey put himself in an even more difficult situation, but managed to escape a triple break point, including thanks to successful approaches to the net.

In the seventh match, Medvedev, having accepted the score 3: 3, managed to take the opponent’s serve for the first time in the match. Rublev went to the net on a break point from his opponent, but missed the shot – 4:3 with a break in favor of Daniil. In the eighth game, a fierce fight ensued: Andrei got a double break point, but Medvedev played him again with two aces, after which he saved another break point – 5: 3. And when Daniil served for the match at 5:4, he had big problems. But he repelled all four break points and finally converted a set point on the fourth attempt – 6:4 in 55 minutes.

In the second set, Medvedev immediately broke, but from the fourth break point. Rublev fought back after a triple break point, but then missed “exactly” two shots in a row. In the second game, Daniil confirmed his advantage in service – 2:0. And in the fifth game, Medvedev managed to take over someone else’s serve – from the first break point – despite the fact that the score was 40:15 in favor of Andrey.

In the final play, Rublev went to the net and volleyed down the line, but slipped and fell. Medvedev caught the ball and responded with a dribbled cross, Andrei tried to jump in time and collect the ball, but did not have time. After that, he threw the racket and then sat on the bench, almost crying – 4:1 in favor of Daniil. At the crossing, Rublev even cried in frustration and threw a bottle of water in anger.

Medvedev then took his own serve (5:1). And at 5:2 he served for the match. And he coped with the task without any problems, bringing the game to zero – 6:4, 6:2 in just over an hour and a half.

It is worth noting that Medvedev repeated the record of his compatriot Yevgeny Kafelnikov for the number of victories among Russians over players from the top 10 of the ATP ranking in a calendar year.

The victory over Rublev was Medvedev’s 11th in a calendar year against players in the top 10 of the ATP rankings. He beat Kafelnikov’s record (10 victories), set by the Russian in 1994.

The ATP final tournament takes place from November 12 to 19 in Turin (Italy). The current champion is Serbian Novak Djokovic.

“Rublev has improved this year – he managed to win the Masters, he almost managed to win the second. Mentally he has improved a lot.

I played the whole match at 5:4 in the first set with five balls, and I like it when there are six. And now it was always five, and then all of a sudden it became six for the ball boys, when the judge gave me the sixth. Curious.

Didn’t the first serve fly in the first set? We have long exchanges with Andrey, after which our concentration weakens a little and hinders our serve. I’m glad the second service went as planned today.

It was very difficult. In the first set he played at a very good level, then he slowed down a little. So I’m happy to have won and to have served well when it mattered. For my part, I usually don’t talk to Andrey for about an hour after a match. Or maybe two, depending on the match. I think it takes Andrey a little longer.

There are neither friends nor enemies for me on the field. I only think about winning. But once the match is over, if I beat Andrei, I feel sorry for him. But the same applies to Andrey. I remember when he beat me here last year, I was terribly offended, he knew it and was embarrassed by me for a day or two. At the net we just say ‘well done’ to each other, we congratulate each other, we wish them good luck,” Medvedev said after the match.

“I had the feeling that during the long rallies I could have chances. But I didn’t manage to use my serve well in the important moments, and what’s more, he saved all the break points with very good serves. In some situations I was in the lead. at 30:0, but he didn’t play cleanly. All this played a big role.

The more I play against Dani, the better I become. I’m getting used to certain things and I’m becoming less crazy. But today he managed to beat me too easily. I have to stay focused in important moments and take advantage of opportunities when there is a chance to press or go to the net.

Will it be more difficult to play with Carlos because it will be my first time playing with him? It doesn’t matter anymore. If it hadn’t been for the Final Tournament, I would have thought so, but now it’s a key match with one of the best players of the season, a Helmet winner,” Rublev said after the match .

Medvedev and German Alexander Zverev lead the “Red Group” after the first matches. On November 15, they will face each other. Recall that before Zverev unexpectedly defeated the second racket in the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.

The group stage will last six days – from Sunday November 12 to Friday November 17. Green group matches are played on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, and red group matches are played on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The day’s matches are divided into two sessions: daytime and evening. In each session, a doubles match is played first, then a singles match. 2h30 are reserved for the battle of the greenhouses. But if as a result someone does not meet this time, then the start of the single will be postponed until the end of the duet. On Saturday, November 18, the semi-finals will take place – the group winners will face the tennis players who took second place in other groups. The final will take place on Sunday November 19 and there will be only one session of play during the tournament.

Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru


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