Tallon Griekspoor vs Andrey Rublev • Beijing 2026

Rublev, and it's not a bold call. He's 24 in the world to Griekspoor's 55, leads the head-to-head 3-1 (1-1 on hard), and just came off a solid Hangzhou run where only Medvedev stopped him. Griekspoor has the bigger serve and beat Zverev in Montréal, so he can make it uncomfortable, but his season has been patchy and Rublev's hard-court pedigree at 500 level is exactly what this is. I'd take Rublev in three, maybe straight sets if his forehand shows up early. The Pronostics crowd agrees: 94% picked him.