Andrei Rublev won the Russian duel against Daniil Medvedev at the ATP finals, causing the second surprise of the tournament.

Rublev prevailed in Turin against his favorite compatriot in a thrilling tennis game 6: 7 (7: 9), 6: 3, 7: 6 (9: 7). After 2:31 hours, the 25-year-old completed his success.

At the start of the event for the eight best players of the year, Rafael Nadal had already lost to American Taylor Fritz. Defending champion Alexander Zverev is missing this year due to his foot injury.

In the second game of the day at 9 p.m. top favorite Novak Djokovic meets Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.