Daniil Medvedev vs Stan Wawrinka Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Wawrinka to stay competitive

Both players are former Dubai champions as well. Medvedev took home the silverware in 2023, while Wawrinka triumphed a decade ago in 2016. Incredibly, Wawrinka made his Dubai debut two decades ago in 2006 against a certain Roger Federer. The 40-year-old, who celebrates his birthday next month, has enjoyed a fantastic start to what will be his final year on tour, breaking back into the world's top 100 and featuring in multiple memorable matches.

This will be Wawrinka's fourth match in 2026 against a top 15 player. While he's gone 0-3 so far, he's been competitive in most of them and I think he can push this match Over 21.5 total games. Medvedev has returned to some of his best form over the last few months, but he still doesn't look entirely convincing out there. The two previous best-of-three matches between the pair have gone over, while Wawrinka has a good record of pushing top players lately. Take the overs as the best bet, with Medvedev coming out on top.

It's been a good start to the year for Medvedev and you'd expect him to break back into the top 10 before the clay swing with big Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami coming up next month.

Medvedev secured his 22nd title to launch the season in Brisbane, but he'd be a bit disappointed with how he's performed since.

Indeed, Medvedev suffered a heavy defeat in the Australian Open R16 to his new rival Learner Tien, while he was upstaged in the first round of Rotterdam by Ugo Humbert - another player who has a good record against him.

Medvedev also went out in the second round of Doha last week to Stefanos Tsitsipas, so this is an important tournament for him to steady the ship. The former US Open champion got off to a good start, crushing Juncheng Shang for the second straight week, easing to a 6-1 6-3 win.

It's been a very encouraging start to the year for Wawrinka, who has announced this will be his final season on tour.

The 40-year-old produced some great tennis in the United Cup to help Switzerland make the final before going on to reach the third round of the Australian Open, where he took a set off top 10 star Taylor Fritz.

Wawrinka has improved to a perfect 4-0 in first round matches in 2026 after making the second rounds at Montpellier, Rotterdam and now Dubai.

It took top 10 players in Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex de Minaur to knock him out of Montpellier and Rotterdam and now Wawrinka faces No. 11 Medvedev after toppling Benjamin Hassan 7-5 6-3 in his Dubai opener.

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