Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev will meet in the final of the Hangzhou tournament

The Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev surpassed the French Kyrian Jacquet and the Russian Daniil Medvedevto his compatriot Roman Safiullin to meet in this Tuesday’s final of the tournament Hangzhou ATP 250 (China), which is disputed on hard court.

The precedents between the two favor Medvedev. The Russians have met nine times, with seven victories for the world number 6 (the last three, consecutive) and two for Rublev. The last meeting was in 2023, and Medvedev took the victory in two sets.

In the first semi-final of Hangzhouthe Russian Andrey Rublev won against the French Kyrian Jacquet by 7-6(0), 6-1 in the first meeting in which these two tennis players met. The first set was very even and reached the tie break, in which Rublev won by a resounding 7-0.

Before the second round, Jacquet He called for a medical time-out, indicating that he was not in his best shape, and the Russian, number 24 in the world, took advantage of that weakness to quickly resolve the match.

In the second semi-final, the duel between Russians, Daniil Medvedevwhich occupies sixth place in the ‘ranking’ of the ATP, defeated Safiullin, 84th in the world, 7-5, 6-4. Medvedev He took the first set with a last-minute break of serve, having saved four break points in the previous games.

In the second sleeve, Safiullin He returned to him to begin the ‘break’ he had just suffered. However, Medvedev He regained his serve advantage by breaking his compatriot’s serve to tie the set at 2. The final break was achieved by the world number 6 in the last game of the match.