the russian Daniel Medvedevheavy tournament favorites, defeated the Bulgarian 6-4 and 6-2 on Saturday Grigor Dimitrov and became the first finalist of ATP 500 Vienna.
The world’s fourth-best remains unbeaten after downing in two sets a solid Dimitrov, number 32, who at 31 publicly showed he still retains much of the tennis that elevated him to number 3 in the ranking for 9 in a row. week and lead to winning the 2017 ATP Finals.
But Medvedev, who came up short in the first set, managed to break Dimitrov’s second turn and took advantage of that small advantage to take the stakes 6-4.
The Bulgarian did not give up, forcing the Russian to give his best in the early part of the second round with a series of elegant backhand slices and drop shots.
However, from the exchange of blows the Russian was again victorious, in a state of grace, where no one had broken the service in the four days of the competition and closed the match again 6-2, without losing a single set, after one hour and 25 minutes.
Medvedev, champion of the Los Cabos tournament, extended his good streak to four consecutive victories at the Vienna tournament and presented his candidacy for the ATP Finals, which will be held in Turin (Italy) from November 13 to 20 and will close the season .
Already in the final, Medvedev awaits the winner of the clash between Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Croatian Borna Coric, who knocked out Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round and eliminated the tournament’s fifth favorite, Pole Hubert Hurkacz, in the quarterfinals.
If he wins this tour, the Russian can win the fifteenth title of his sports career in Vienna.
Source: La Verdad
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