ALMATY, October 24. /TASS/. Russia’s top-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev advanced to the final at the 2026 Almaty Open tennis tournament after Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan retired from the pair’s clash on Saturday.

Medvedev defeated Bublik 6-3 in the first set of their semifinal match before the Kazakh tennis player stopped due to injury. The Russian top seed will face Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final.

Medvedev, 30, spent sixteen weeks as the world’s No. 1 player in 2022. He is currently ranked No. 5 in the ATP Rankings. He previously won the 2021 US Open and holds 24 ATP titles. He won five of those 24 titles in 2023. Also, in 2021, he won the Davis Cup as well as the ATP Cup while representing the Russian national team.

The ATP 250 Almaty Open 2026 is held on indoor hard courts from October 19 to 25, with $1.075 million in prize money on offer. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev is the tournament’s reigning champion.