Medvedev heats up Roland Garros as the new champion in Rome

The first Masters 1000 ATP final in Rome without Rafael Nadal (ten titles) and/or Novak Djokovic (six crowns) in nineteen years is for a tennis player who has repeatedly said in recent weeks that he hates clay, that he would prefer to continue competing on hard courts.

But he already has enough reasons to start the idyll with clay because the Russian Daniel Medvedev, 27 years old and world No. 3, opened his ATP record on earth in a big way. In very difficult conditions due to continuous rain, which also delayed the final for almost two hours, he presented the version of who is the number one and champion of the US Open.

And when Medvedev He takes it seriously, it doesn’t matter if he plays on the ice, he has the quality to beat anyone regardless of the scenario. A matter of mentality, and the unpredictable player that he is he has shown a consistency that has also become a wall for his latest victim, the Dane Holger Runewhich he defeated 7-5 and 7-5 in 1h.42′.

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Daniel Medvedev wresting world number two from Novak Djokovic, who previously delivered one to Carlos Alcaraz. In this order they will enter next Thursday’s Roland Garros draw, with the possibility now Alcaraz and Djokovic go through both sides of the box and measure themselves in ‘semis’.

hot paris Medvedev for this information and because he threatens to enter the great battle to succeed Rafa Nadal in history. He can do everything. Before this edition, they lost all three matches played in Rome, where they won six at one time.

His twentieth ATP crown, with the particularity that they went to many places, was never repeated in the same location. Another one of his eccentricities.

stopped a runes that they dominated their previous seven meetings with top-5 opponents, which they failed in the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo. Medvedev He can handle everything, as well as two service losses to white in the second set, both coming back to prevail where he least expected.

He barely existed in his previous finale on earth, which he passed Dominic Thiem in Godó 2019, but he conquered Rome with the authority of the great ones. He handled the difficulties before Rune with solvency. He has already stolen the first set which is also suffering from more problems. He came back from 15-40 in the fifth game, and his game gained momentum. He caught the first breaking ball to make it 7-5 in 47 minutes.

He lost in the second set, but did not break away from the match. A limpet that gave him a trophy and a check for 1,105,265 euros. runesas in Monte Carlo before Andrei Rublevno reward.

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