Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev qualified for the semi-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Adelaide, “closing” the first big game of the new season.

It took the Serb just under 2 hours to defeat Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, with the former world number one relying on three breaks (3/8) and his good second serve percentage (53%). ), which was required several times in the game.

After two difficult holds in Game 1 and Game 5, where Djokovic erased a total of three Canadian break points, the Serb found a break (5-3) in the crucial Game 8 and then cynically closed the set…

In the 2nd set, Djokovic was the first break again (2-1), but this time Shapovalov was able to hit back immediately and equalized 3-3. As in the first set, the Serb “hit” again in the second at a crucial point and secured qualification for the semi-finals of the tournament with 5:4.

There he meets Medvedev, who only had problems at the beginning of the second set against his compatriot Karen Khachanov and finally won 6:3, 6:3.

After an excellent service day with 88% points won in the first set, Medvedev turned the 2-3 into a 6-3 in the first set by breaking Khachanov’s serve twice while being even more impressive in the second leg than at 1-3 he won the next 5 games and reached the victory but also the qualification.

In the other pair of semifinals, Yoshihito Nishioka and Sebastian Korda will clash, with the Japanese defeating Alexei Popyrin 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 6-2 while the American defeating the Italian Yannick Shiner 7-1-5 , 6-1.

Source: Tennis24