Kei Nishikori vs Andrei Rulev. Prediction and Betting Tips for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (July 25, 2021).

Nishikori can't gain his former playing form since his return to the tour. He is yet to get back into the top 10 of the ATP world ranking. However, sometimes Kei shows brilliant tennis, even though it doesn't happen very often. The Japanese tennis player demonstrated its best results this season on hard and on clay. For example, he reached the quarterfinals in Dubai and also played in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros. As for grass courts, Nishikori can't boast any success. At Wimbledon, he was eliminated in the second round, losing to Jordan Thompson.

Rublevplayed very well at the start of the season. Having won several tournaments, Andrey burst into the top 10 of the ATP rating. But recently he has been on the downturn, not being able to get impressive results: in the last three months, he only made it to the final once, at the tournament in Halle. The last appearance of the Russian was at Wimbledon. Rublev should have performed excellently, but he unexpectedly lost to Marton Fucsovics in the Round of 16.