Daniil Medvedev sends a message to Flavio Cobolli and Jannik Sinner

Daniil Medvedev, the next obstacle è Flavio Cobolli

Daniil Medvedev’s adventure in the Beijing ATP tournament continues: on the concrete of the Chinese capital, the world number 5 defeated an Adrian Mannarino capable of holding his own throughout the first set, before capitulating in the second: 7-6(6), 6-2 the final result in favor of the Russian, who closed the match in one hour and 44 minutes.

Another win without losing a set, then, for Medvedev, who sends a message not only to his next opponent, Roman Flavio Cobolli, but also to Jannik Sinner, whom he could face in the finals.Cobolli comes from victories against Alexander Bublik and Russian Pavel Kotov, while Sinner defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry and Russian Roman Safiullin, and will face Czech Jiri Lehecka in the quarters.

There'è only one previous match between Daniil Medvedev and Flavio Cobolli, and it was a few weeks ago: in the US Open è sixteenth finals, it was the Russian who got the better of him, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 and thus closing the current world number 32's chance to advance to the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows.

In the finals, however, the possibility of a rematch from last year, when Jannik Sinner beaté Daniil Medvedev 7-6(2), 7-6(2) kicking off an extraordinary period that began in the very fall of 2023 and continued practically throughout the 2024 season.