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Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Basilashvili, and Bublik secure a luxurious semifinal in Almaty

Andrés Tomás Rico - 23 Oct 2026
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Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Basilashvili, and Bublik ensure a luxurious semifinal in Almaty. Photo: Getty Images

The ATP 250 in Almaty enters its final stretch with an enviable lineup of semifinalists. Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Nikoloz Basilashvili, and Alexander Bublik will fight for the title in Kazakhstan next Sunday. The Russian will face the Kazakh, while the Greek will compete against the Georgian.

The first to secure a place today was Nikoloz Basilashvili, who is having his best tournament of the year and started from the qualifying rounds, after surprising in the quarterfinals against Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-1, after one hour and 10 minutes. In this way, the Georgian awaits a Stefanos Tsitsipas, who continues to be on a roll and in tune with his tennis after disposing of James Duckworth 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 13 minutes.

The other semifinal will feature Daniil Medvedev, who is defending his title and reached the penultimate round of the tournament after defeating Terence Atmane 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 16 minutes. However, the main event of the day was the match between Alexander Bublik and Karen Khachanov. A two-and-a-half-hour battle in which the local hero managed to come back and take the victory by 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(5).

This will therefore be the eighth encounter between Medvedev and Bublik, with the Russian leading the head-to-head by a wide margin with 6 wins to 1 loss, the last duel between them being in the Halle final last year where the Kazakh took the victory. Meanwhile, for Tsitsipas and Basilashvili, this will be the fifth match, where the Athenian dominates the head-to-head with 4-1, although the last time they faced each other was in 2022 at the ATP Cup.

 

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