“Rublev is now the strongest in the rating, but let’s not discount Medvedev” – Olkhovsky

Andrey Olkhovsky, coach of the Russian tennis team, believes that Russian tennis players have successfully started at the Australian Open.

– To begin with, I would like to note a very confident victory of Rublev over Tim. Karatsev lost to Dmitrov, there were difficult conditions, maybe Aslan did not cope with them very well, but the opponent was not very cool. If we talk about women, then in my opinion, Kudermetova and Aleksandrova played well, they won. Pavlyuchenkova played poorly, but it was the first tournament, and the match turned out to be quite difficult. In general, the results in Australia are good for our tennis players. Therefore, we have the right to expect further success at the Australian Open.

Yes, Rublev is now the strongest Russian tennis player in terms of rating, but let’s not discount Medvedev. We pin our hopes on them and we will cheer for them. In my opinion, both Andrey and Daniil show very solid and good tennis in the first match, – Olkhovsky told Metaratings.ru.

In the second round, Rublev will meet the winner of the pair Max Purcell (Australia) – Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland), and Medvedev will play against Australian John Millman.

Kudermetova is waiting for the match against the American Kate Volynets, and Alexandrov – against the Belgian Isaline Bonaventure. Daria Kasatkina will face her compatriot Varvara Gracheva in the first round match.