 Andre Rublev vs Novak Djokovic is a second group stage match for these guys in the 2022 AWP finals. And both guys are coming off wins in their first matches. Andre Rublev started the year off as the world number 5, but after a mid-season slump fell out of the top 10 briefly before regaining his spot at number 7 in the rankings. His season record 49 wins 18 losses so again another successful season in the win-loss column. He actually made 4 finals this year and he won all of them, taking home 4 titles so far in Marseilles, Dubai, Belgrade and his recent title a couple of weeks ago in Gijon. His best win against the world number 1 Novak Djokovic on the clay of Belgrade, very impressive win he actually ended up winning the title and his worst loss was against the number 96 Nishioka in Washington during that mid-season slump that he was having. Djokovic started the year off as the world number 1 and as most of you know he was unable to defend a lot of the points due to politics getting involved and him not being allowed to play many of the tournaments throughout the season and while he did maintain his number 1 ranking for most of the first 6 months after Wimbledon he dropped down the ranks finishing at number 8 in the world. His record this season considering he didn't play that much 37 wins 7 losses winning 4 out of the 6 finals that he played winning in Roman Wimbledon at the start of the season and then in recent weeks winning in Tel Aviv and Astana and of course who can forget that Paris finally played only a week ago. His best win against the world number 4 at the time Medvedev in Astana and his worst loss coming in his first event of the season all the way back in late February against Vesely the 123 in the world in Dubai so I guess you can kind of put an asterisk next to that loss considering it was Djokovic's first time back for almost three months at that time. These guys have only played two times before with the head dead split down the middle 1-1 and Rublev winning their last match in Belgrade on the clay vaguely Djokovic in the third set. If Rublev's gonna win this one he needs to stay aggressive like he was against Medvedev it worked very well against Medvedev and Djokovic Medvedev are very similar in styles so if Rublev can replicate that aggressive style use that forehand keep Djokovic moving he might just take the win. If Djokovic is gonna win this one he needs to be aggressive like he was against Sidney Pass. Usually Noley stands back on the baseline defends, defends, defends. This time around he actually was more aggressive and he needs to do that against Rublev and hopefully frustrate him a little bit. This is gonna be a very fun match because we haven't got that much data on these guys playing they've only played the twice before. The last time they played on a hard court was this time last year so I'm gonna go with Djokovic I think Rublev played amazingly in the first round match but I think Djokovic is a step up and I think Noley is gonna win this one in three sets but let me know down in the comments below who do you think is gonna win this match