{"id":469340,"date":"2023-11-13T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=469340"},"modified":"2023-11-13T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:04:59","slug":"medvedev-tops-rublev-in-straight-sets-in-atp-finals-opener","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/medvedev-tops-rublev-in-straight-sets-in-atp-finals-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev tops Rublev in straight sets in ATP Finals opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev, world number 3, won against his compatriot world number 5, Andrey Rublev, 2-0 sets for only 1 hour and 32 minutes on the court and topped Group B at the ATP Finals in Turin after his clean victory as Zverev is 2<sup>nd<\/sup> after beating 2-1 sets Alcaraz earlier today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On \ud83d\udd1d of his game! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniilMedwed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DaniilMedwed<\/a> defeats close friend Rublev 6-4 6-2 in his opening match <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NittoATPFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NittoATPFinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1iPJoK1FQ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/t1iPJoK1FQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1724182240702124397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Only 1 break was enough for Medvedev to triumph in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> set as Rublev had 7 opportunities to break Daniil\u2019s serve, but the world number 3 saved all of them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2 &#8211; With this victory at the ATP Finals in Turin, Daniil Medvedev is now only the second player to defeat Andrey Rublev three times in a calendar year at ATP events, after Novak Djokovic &#8211; also in 2023. Matchup.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NittoATPFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NittoATPFinals<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaniilMedwed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DaniilMedwed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@atptour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATPMediaInfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ATPMediaInfo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q5YMMOdoh6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Q5YMMOdoh6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaAce (@OptaAce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaAce\/status\/1724183361932104023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> set, Andrey had 0 chances to break Medvedev\u2019s serve while Daniil converted 2 from 5 opportunities and ended the set 6-2 for 37 minutes. We must add that Rublev injured his hand midway through the set and was seemingly uncomfortable until the end of the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev will face next world number 2, Carlos Alcaraz, while Rublev will play against world number 8 \u2013 Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daniil Medvedev after beating Andrey Rublev at ATP Finals<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrey said before the match \u2018Medvedev kills you slowly.\u2019 Is that how you do it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniil: \u201cI like to play aggressive on my serve or the first shot after the return. But Rublev plays such a style that he doesn\u2019t give me\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uVq6xxSvN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1uVq6xxSvN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1724185566055739876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev, world number 3, won against his compatriot world number 5, Andrey Rublev, 2-0 sets for only 1 hour and 32 minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":469341,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17869,22060,17539,18069],"news_category":[16714,14084],"gn_keywords":[17871,22061,18071,2951],"acf":{"announce":"Daniil won the match comfortably 2-0 sets.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/469340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/469340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469343,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/469340\/revisions\/469343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469340"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=469340"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=469340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}