Top seed Daniil Medvedev will face Nikoloz Basilashvili in the first round of the 2022 Vienna Open. Basilashvili, unseeded, is currently ranked 94th in the world while former US Open champion Medvedev comes into the tournament ranked fourth in the world.
Daniil Medvedev vs Nikoloz Basilashvili: Match Details
Tournament: Vienna Open 2022
Match: Daniil Medvedev vs Nikoloz Basilashvili
Round: First Round
Date: 26th October 2022
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $33,807 (34,355 euros)
Daniil Medvedev vs Nikoloz Basilashvili: Preview
Daniil Medvedev
Daniil Medvedev has suffered this season due to not being able to play at Wimbledon (Russians were banned for political reasons). However, the former World No.1 barring a few niggles has been in good touch. His impressive performances this season include a final showing at the Australian Open where he lost to Rafael Nadal despite leading for most of the encounter. In his last tournament at Astana, Medvedev retired owing to injury after losing the second set to Novak Djokovic, who went on to say that the Russian was the better player out of the two for the duration of the match.
Meanwhile, Nikoloz Basilashvili, once ranked as high as 16th in the world, hasn’t obviously had great results this season but the hard-court surface is where he had his best career results and also where he has competed the most in terms of ATP matches.
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Daniil Medvedev vs Nikoloz Basilashvili: Prediction
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Despite Basilashvili’s unrelenting ability to serve big and produce some big groundstrokes, Medvedev has both enough firepower and agility in his play from the back of the court and has a decent service return as well, enough to counter the Georgian’s game.
Basilashvili might win a set considering how Medvedev has struggled in recent times with injury. However, the Russian should be fully fit by now considering the nature of the injury he suffered during the recent match against Djokovic, and would be able to win in the third set quite easily.
Ashish Maggo is a Tennis and Golf writer at FirstSportz. He is secretly hoping that Novak Djokovic eclipses Rafael Nadal to become the all-time singles Grand Slam titles leader.
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