the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas avenged his loss to Russian Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open on Saturday, defeating him 7-6 (6), 3-6 and 6-3 to qualify for his first final at the Cincinnati Masters 1,000, where he will face Croatian Borna Coric.
After falling in the Cincinnati semifinals in 2021 and 2020, Tsitsipas knocked out Medvedev for the second time in eight precedents on fast surfaces and will fight this Sunday for his third title of the year, after Montecarlo and Mallorca.
The Greek, ranked number seven in the world, confirmed as the player with the most wins this year (46) on Tour and also in the Masters 1,000 (19).
He has only managed to break the world number one once, at the 2019 ATP Finals, but this Saturday he controlled the match with authority, with varied tennis and excellent net protection.
He gave himself his second win against a world number one in the last eleven attempts, where he has a balance of 1-7 against Novak Djokovic and 0-3 against Rafa Nadal.
And his match began with a break against the first game. However, that did not cause him to lose confidence and Tsitsipas recovered the ‘break’ in the sixth game to force a tiebreakerwhere he nullified a set ball before winning 8-6.
Even in the second heat, when Medvedev, this year’s champion in Los Cabos, responded with fury, Tsitsipas managed to stay in the game and was about to come back from 1-5 down.
Despite losing that set 6-3, in the third he maintained command of operations with character, while Medvedev lost his temper, greatly annoyed by the noise that reached the center court due to the fireworks. released at a nearby amusement park.
It was a regular occurrence in Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday at 10pm local time, but Medvedev angrily protested the judge and ended up serving 3-2 in the light, which paved the way for Tsitsipas to victory.
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The Greek celebrated his victory with a little dance who looks to his coaching staff and the second Masters 1,000 of his career will be played this Sunday.
Medvedev, for his part, sees how difficult it is for him, and many, to maintain number 1. Next Monday he will still lead Nadal by more than 1,200, but he is defending 2,000 at the US Open, so he needs to go further than the Spaniard to continue at the top of the rankings.
He will face a Coric who he won in 2018 in Romebefore bowing out in 2020 at the US Open.
Coric, number 152 in the world, became the lowest-ranked player capable of reaching the Cincinnati Masters 1,000 final, after defeating Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the semi-finals.
Only Romanian Andrei Pavel, who was a finalist in Paris in 2003 as world number 191, has reached the final act of a 1,000 tournament with a lower ranking than Coric.
Entering the Cincinnati main draw with a protected ranking, Coric has been playing tennis at the highest level at the Lindner Family Tennis Center and Rafa Nadal, Roberto Bautista and Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime were eliminated this weeknew Norrie, number 11 in the world.
With this win, he is sure to reach position number 48 in the world ranking this Mondaybut a victory in the final would put him in twenty-ninth position.
Results of the day
semifinals
Stefanos Tsitsipas over Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-3
Borna Coric d. Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4
Source: La Verdad
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