US Open finalist, also a few days ago at the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing. The leader of matches won this season on hard court, with 43, the last champion of the Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP, which has not been played since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. A specialist in the field of synthetic surfaces, as he himself declares, which does not prevent him from suffering some setbacks.
The latter, in the third round of the current Shanghai ATP Masters 1000. From the favorite to reaffirming the crown to leaving the back door early. Angry, again, at his French coach Gilles Cervarawho pays the price when his student and friend, the Russian Daniel Medvedevsuffering on the track.
So the world number three bowed again to the American Sebastian Korda23 years old and world number 26, which has already been surpassed Daniel Medvedev in the round of 16 of the last Australian Open by 7-6 (7), 6-3 and 7-6 (4). A repeat of the game in Shanghai, this time with a score of 7-6 (8) and 6-2 in 1h.28′.
Under the watchful eye of Carlos Alcaraz and his team, interested in the outcome of the match on center court, Medvedev was chased by a player who was set to dominate this season but whose career was cut short after Melbourne due to a nagging wrist injury.
In Cord In good condition, he becomes a formidable enemy for anyone, although he only achieved his first victory against a top-5, in the seventh attempt.
Medvedev was nervous because he did not realize how many opportunities were given. With no service breaks, the tiebreak is the natural tiebreaker in the opening set. The Muscovite had it in his hands, with three set points, at 6-4 and 7-6, but he couldn’t finish, including a double fault in one of them, and he paid dearly for it. Also his racket, which broke.
I doubt it Medvedev, Korda stepped up, with some very complete tennis skills, and was ahead 2-0. He took the Russian against the ropes, and didn’t let him get away like on other occasions. The American finished, like in Australia, and is in the round of 16 in Shanghai, against the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics or the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
The Russian suffered his eighth loss this season on hard courts, in 51 matches. At the bottom of the table, his executioner in the Beijing final remains a reference, the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Source: La Verdad
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