Tennis player Medvedev announced an exhibition match with Rublev in Moscow
Meeting will take place on December 5
Russian tennis players Daniil Medvedev and Andrei Rublev will hold an exhibition match in Moscow. Medvedev said this on his Instagram page (owned by Meta, the company is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia).
The match will take place on December 5.
Medvedev and Rublev have known each other since childhood. Andrey is also the godfather of Medvedev’s eldest daughter Alice.
30-year-old Daniil Medvedev is the sixth racket in the world with 24 ATP singles titles. In 2022, he spent 16 weeks at the top of the rankings. In 2021, he won the ATP Cup and Davis Cup. Of the six Grand Slam finals, Medvedev won the US Open (2021), and in 2020 became the champion of the ATP Final Tournament.
His compatriot, 28-year-old Andrei Rublev, is 23rd in the ATP ranking with 18 singles titles. In the Grand Slam tournaments, he did not reach beyond the quarterfinals. Nevertheless, in 2021, Rublev won Olympic gold in the mix, and also helped the Russian team to win the Davis Cup and the ATP Cup.
