Overview

• Flavio Cobolli defeated sixth seed Andrey Rublev 7-6(3), 6-3 in the ATP 500 first round in Beijing.
• He trailed early in both sets, seized the first-set tiebreak 7-3, and surged late to close out the second.
• The win was reported as his 26th of 2025 and his second this season against a former top‑5 player.
• Cobolli had already beaten Rublev in this year’s Hamburg final, underscoring a favorable recent head‑to‑head.
• He will face the winner of Brandon Tien vs Francisco Cerundolo in the next round.