Daniil Medvedev will face Andrey Rublev for the tenth time in Tuesday’s Hangzhou.
Chris OddoSeptember 28, 20263 minute learn
The highest two seeds will battle for the title in Hangzhou, as Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev superior in straight units on Monday.
Medvedev scored a 7-5, 6-4 win over his longtime good friend Roman Safiullin, whereas Rublev took out Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet, 7-6(0), 6-1.
Medvedev scored the primary break of the match within the twelfth sport, after saving three break factors whereas serving at 1-1 and failing to transform a break level in his first and second return video games.
Safiullin gifted it in the long run, lacking badly with a double fault on set level to finish a aggressive first set in 55 minutes.
Medvedev was damaged within the first sport of the second set however recovered, taking the break again for 2-2. After failing to transform three break factors with Safiullin serving at 3-4, he then broke within the ultimate sport of the match to clinch his spot within the ultimate, closing the match with a classic Medvedev-won’t-miss rally by which he wore down Safiullin to attract the ultimate error.
“Truthfully, it was enjoyable,” the 30-year-old mentioned of the match. “Roman is a really powerful opponent, and I really feel prefer it was a really high-quality match. I’m proud of the way in which I dealt with the state of affairs, dealt with his photographs, which isn’t straightforward. And, in fact, comfortable to win, however comfortable for Roman that he’s getting back from an damage.”
Earlier on Monday, Rublev notched his four-hundredth ATP win towards a first-time ATP semifinalist. The 28-year-old is the ninth energetic ATP participant to have achieved the feat. He improves to 31-17 on the season and can bid for his nineteenth ATP title, and second of 2026.
400 wins or extra, energetic gamers, ATP
| Participant | Tour-Degree Wins |
|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic | 1,177 |
| Marin Cilic | 610 |
| Stan Wawrinka | 589 |
| Gael Monfils | 588 |
| Alexander Zverev | 576 |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 486 |
| Daniil Medvedev | 456 |
| Kei Nishikori | 452 |
| Andrey Rublev | 400 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 397 |
There have been no breaks within the opening set, with Jacquet saving two break factors whereas serving at 4-4. Rublev took over within the tiebreaker, and ended up successful the ultimate 11 factors of the opening set.
The Twenty fourth-ranked Russian had it within the bag from there. He broke Jacquet for 2-0 and 4-0 and closed out his victory in 81 minutes.
Rublev dropped simply 11 factors on serve within the contest.
Medvedev additionally cracked a milestone of kinds, recording his 350th ATP hard-court win. The Russian is the 18th man to attain that feat within the Open Period, and the fourth energetic man. He’ll bid for his Twenty fourth title on Tuesday.
“I believe it’s our second ultimate with Andrey, and we performed lots of matches,” Medvedev mentioned. “We’ve achieved lots of issues on the ATP Tour, so I’m actually comfortable, you realize, to see him on the opposite facet of the web.
“It’s going to be a tricky match for each of us. I must play my finest tennis. The one who performs one of the best tennis goes to win.”
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