Tennis
Tsitsipas – Medvedev 2: 1: Stefanos took the decisive step into the semi-finals with a new spirit
Stefanos Tsitsipas edged Daniil Medvedev 2-1 after a tough battle and now needs a win over Rublev to qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP Finals.
Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrated a great win against Daniil Medvedev. The 24-year-old tennis player won the set 2-1 and now needs a win over Rublev (Friday, November 18) to qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP Finals.
Tsitsipas fell behind with a break in the third set but managed to respond with a break in game ten to stay alive and eventually win the match.
After the group results, Daniil Medvedev typically rounded off his appearance at the ATP Finals with his match against Djokovic.
Nole will definitely be in first place and Tsitsipas and Rublev will fight for the second ticket in the match.
The match: Stefanos Tsitsipas could not have started the game better. Holding at love first, he then broke Medvedev’s to cash in for a quick 3-0 immediately after the break.
Stefanos Tsitsipas played fast and aggressive tennis, never let the Russian threaten him in the first set and made it 6-3 to make it 1-0.
The second set was dramatically underway. We didn’t have a break, but both tennis players offered impressive points and settled their differences in the tie-break.
Medvedev came on strong and took a 4-1 lead, but Stefanos Tsitsipas fought back to equal the tiebreak and be the first to reach match point. To have a winner we had to go 13-11 while Medvedev celebrated and sent the match into a third set.
In the third set, the two athletes easily held their serve until the sixth game. It was then that Stefanos Tsitsipas made a series of errors, allowing Medvedev to reach the break to take a 4-3 lead.
Immediately, Tsitsipas managed a break point to reply, but the Russian with three big serves managed to hold at 5-3. Where everything spoke for Medvedev, Tsitsipas managed the coup.
First, the Greek tennis player held his serve and then managed to equalize the set. The two then went to a tiebreak in which Tsitsipas was impressive, leaving his opponent just one point.
Source: sport 24
