Grigor Dimitrov vs Andrey Rublev Prediction: Who will be more powerful?

Grigor Dimitrov, the 19th ranked player in the world, will meet Andrei Rublev, the 7th ATP ranking number 7, in the semifinals of the Shanghai tennis tournament. The guys know each other well, they have played six times in the Tour, the score of the confrontation is 3:3, and it is noteworthy that the tennis players played exclusively on hard courts.

At the Shanghai Masters, the Bulgarian had four wins in four games. Dimitrov knocked out Australian Vukic, compatriot Rublev and Khachanov, Spaniard Alcaraz, and Chilean Harry. In 4 meetings, Dimitrov lost only one game to Alcaraz in the Masters round of 16. The match against Harry lasted an hour and 40 minutes. Grigor won it with the score 7:6, 6:4. During the game, Grigor served 11 times with two double faults and won 90% of points on the first and 55% on the second.

As we expected, Andrey Rublev beat Hugo Umber very confidently in the quarterfinal of the Shanghai Masters. It took Andrey an hour and 31 minutes to knock Hugo out of the tournament, and the score was 6:2, 6:3. Rublev served twice with zero double faults and won 72% of points on first serve and 63% on second serve. It should be noted that Andrey did not lose a single set during the tournament, having knocked out of the tournament two compatriots, Umber, Gali, Mannarino, and the American Paul.

We have already mentioned in our previous predictions that at the Shanghai Masters, Andrey has a great opportunity to move up to fourth place in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career by winning the event. Plus, winning the Masters is a great success for Rublev and a great prize money, and given the lineup for the semifinals in Shanghai, we believe Andrey is in a position to win the tournament, let alone the upcoming match. Grigor is not the most convenient opponent for Andrey, but we believe Andrey will win the upcoming game. At the same time, we doubt that Saturday's match will be a fast-paced one. On the contrary, we think that we will see a 3-set match.