Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev are going to clash in a finger-licking 2nd round in Vienna in a match that was curiously scheduled to be played on the secondary court.
During a video that was aired in July, Daniil Medvedev revealed a funny episode. Apparently, Andrey is often confused for Jannik because of the similar hair and he really doesn’t like it. Rublev’s dear friend Daniil Medvedev uncovered that his fellow Russian was upset when he was confused with the Italian in Melbourne on the occasion of the Australian Open. Therefore Daniil made the following joke:
“During the US Open, when I said to him ‘hey, Jannik! how are you?’, he got angry and went away, then came back 10 minutes later, and said ‘you’re Davydenk!”
Medvedev: Andrey always gets angry when he is called Jannik, because he looks like Sinner a bit (because of hair!). During USO, when I said to him "hey, Jannik! how are you?", he got angry and went away, then came back 10 minutes later, and said "you're Davydenko!!" 🤣.@atptour pic.twitter.com/6hMDKuAlyF
— 井蛙堂 (@seiadoumogera) July 18, 2020
Sinner in Vienna, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked no.43 (career-high), Jannik has 15-13 match record in 2020. Jannik is now having a run in Vienna where he conquered Casper Ruud 7-62 6-3.
Rublev in Vienna, ranking, and results in 2020
Now ranked no.8 (career-high), Andrey has a composed 35-7 record in 2020. Rublev is now having a run in Vienna where he defeated Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-2.
Andrey has won 4 titles in 2020 in Doha, in Adelaide, in Hamburg and in St. Petersburg.
Andrey won 6 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev have never played each other. The prediction is Rublev winning in straight sets, but an upset would not be so surprising.
