Medvedev pushed Davidovich out of the Indian Wells semifinals

the russian Daniel Medvedev27 years old and world number 6, withdrew in the semifinals of Masters 1,000 on a difficult path Indian Wells (6-3, 7-5) in Spanish Alexander Davidovich (28th), who missed his chances in the second set to force a third set.

It was the 18th consecutive victory for Medvedev, who snapped a streak of winning three consecutive titles (Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai) and ready to extend that streak to the first Masters 1,000 of the season. The American Frances Tiafoe (16th), which he led (4-0) in their previous matches, will be his opponent in the semifinals.

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Without the bite or conviction of his previous matches, Davidovich was huge at the entrance of Medvedev and on the center court of Indian Wells, the first time he visited it this week.

“This is a different contest!” exclaimed Alejandro, who had a hard time getting used to the severity of that main court after playing the previous rounds on the secondary court with a very good game and result against Yibing Wu, Karen Khachanova and Cristian Garin.

In the opening break of the second game, Medvedev (3-0) quickly went straight to hold his serve and score the first set (6-3) against Davidovich who was too naughty to tickle him: 12 unforced errors for just four starts in Russian. .

However, the player from Málaga took a step forward in the second set and began to land his powerful shots more regularly, capable of overpowering anyone when calming their nerves. However, Medvedev, a wall when he suggested it, responded to all the attacks and even saved the third set that Davidovich deserved for the game shown.

In the second set, Davidovich had a break point in the first three turns of his rival’s service, but the Russian solved the situation with game after game and leveled the score (3-3). They are Malaysian drop in morale of Spanish tennis player.

Alejandro then needed 13 minutes to hold his next serve: he then raised two break points against him in a game that was halted briefly as Medvedev cut the thumb of his right hand after a fall without further consequence . .

At 4-3 in favor, Davidovich had his best chance to open up space and win the second set, but Medvedev raised 0-40 with five straight points and let the Spaniard down again, too volatile to managing his emotions with full sleeves.

Álex still had his tennis and composure to reach 5-4, but the accumulated negativity during the match surfaced at the worst moment for him and Medvedev broke his serve to love in the 11th game before putting final 7-5.

Davidovich, 23, gave new signs of his great potential in Indian Wells, but his real assault on the most demanding challenge posed by top-10 players is still pending: just three wins and already have 17 losses in 20 games against them.

Alejandro is looking for his second semifinals in a Masters 1,000 tournament after reaching the finals last year. Monte Carlowhereupon the Greek deprived him of the title Stefanos Tsitsipas. In that tournament he won then Novak Djokovic the most famous achievement of his career. Before Medvedev he was in a position to give another bell, but he had to wait for another chance.