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Medvedev can move to fifth in ATP Finals race with Almaty title
Daniil Medvedev can take fifth place in the ATP Finals race by winning Sunday’s final in Almaty.
He faces Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili after reaching the final when Alexander Bublik retired with a right knee problem.
Flavio Cobolli remains on 3,640 points after losing to Lorenzo Musetti in the Lyon semifinal, despite having four match points.
The race ranks players competing to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals.
Only four players have qualified so far: Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton.
Sinner is out for the rest of the 2026 season.
Medvedev’s Almaty final is his chance to pass Cobolli, while the other players’ positions may also shift as tournaments continue.
Daniil Medvedev will move to fifth in the ATP Finals race if he wins Sunday’s Almaty final against Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Medvedev reached the final after Alexander Bublik retired with a right knee problem following the first set.
Flavio Cobolli remains on 3,640 points after losing his Lyon semifinal to Lorenzo Musetti on Saturday.
Arthur Fils will rise to seventh in the race, while Taylor Fritz has taken 12th place from Tommy Paul.
Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton are the only players mathematically qualified for the ATP Finals so far.
- Who
- Daniil Medvedev and Nikoloz Basilashvili.
- What
- Medvedev can take fifth place in the ATP Finals race by winning the Almaty final.
- When
- Sunday; the article was published on October 24, 2026.
- Where
- Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Why
- A win would move Medvedev ahead of Flavio Cobolli in the ATP Finals race.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Flavio Cobolli lost his Lyon semifinal to Lorenzo Musetti and remained on 3,640 points in the ATP Finals race.
Alexander Bublik retired after the first set of his Almaty semifinal against Daniil Medvedev, sending Medvedev to the final.
Medvedev is scheduled to play Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Almaty final.
- Medvedev's race position
- Sixth, with a chance to move to fifth
- Cobolli's points
- 3,640
- Almaty final opponent
- Nikoloz Basilashvili
- Bublik's reason for retirement
- Right knee problem
- Mathematically qualified players
- Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton
What people are saying
The knee, as we even see with Jannik, is never an easy place to have an injury.