Medvedev beat his compatriot Andrey Rublev, the last champion in Dubai, 6-2 and 6-2, an incontestable victorythe fourteenth in a row that gives him success in this tournament as he did before in Doha and Rotterdam.
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Since the last Australian Open, the Moscow player, once number one in the world, has won every match he has played. He has not found a rival Medvedev, who on Monday will have climbed another position in the ATP ranking and will appear as sixth in the world.
Medvedev regained authority over Rublev in Dubai, whom he had beaten in five of the seven previous clashes that both had starred so far.
However, the last two, in Cincinnati in 2021 and at the 2022 ATP Finals, victory fell to Rublev’s side.
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Daniil Medvedev did not find excessive resistance to raise his resume to eighteen trophies, three in this 2023. He broke Rublev’s serve in the first game and already maintained the imbalance and the advantage until the final stretch of the sleeve.
Rublev did not react and after four games of some balance (2-2), Medvedev accelerated and won four consecutive sets in a row to seal the victory after one hour and nine minutes.
The entrance Medvedev is intractable was first published on newspaper TODAY.
