the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas showed more integrity in the dramatic conflict with the Russian Daniel Medvedev. The Greek, 24 years old and world number 3, knew how to recover from a low blow received in the match, but not the Muscovite, 26 years old and number 5, who ended up throwing away what was a heroic comeback.
They won the 2019 champion over the 2020 champion 6-3, 6-7 (11-13) and 7-6 (7-1) in 2h.21′. Tsitsipas missed three ‘match’ points, always with the rest, in the tiebreak of the second set, but he endured a bitter situation and recovered in the course of the third.
On the contrary, Medvedev experienced one of those devastating childhood crises that suddenly erased him from the field. After holding on to that rare 24-point tiebreak, he lost as he was unable to close out a 5-4 win and serve. He did not forgive him, in the last tiebreak he devoted himself to complaining to his coach Gilles Cervara.
And as he gave himself up to lament, Tsitsipas sped up and this time he finished.
The Athenian will occupy, on Friday, the second place in the Red Group directly in Russian Andrei Rublev. The best will go through to the ‘semis’ with Norwegian Casper Ruud.
the serbian Novak Djokovic, classified first in the group, will play a less important match against Daniil Medvedev. ‘Nole’ defeated Rublev 6-4, 6-4 in the first session. His eleventh appearance in the ATP Finals semifinal crosses in fifteen appearances.
Source: La Verdad
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