The ATP 500 indoor hard court tournament in Vienna heats up in its decisive stretch. The boiling point could happen this Saturday in the semi-final round as there are players who are also warming up on the launch pad towards the title in the Austrian capital, but also with a goal at the Paris-Bercy ATP Masters 1000 and the ATP Finals of Turin.
In this culmination the presence of Russia is assured Daniel Medvedev 27 years old and world number 3. Chase the maths ticket for the Greek teachers event Stefanos Tsitsipas25 years old and number 7.
The Greek wants to be the sixth man, out of the eight qualified, then Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublevwho joined the party this week also in Vienna.
Chillies He’ll make an almost certain move if he’s reunited with a title he hasn’t played for since the summer in Los Cabos. Since then, a crisis from which it is beginning to show signs of being able to emerge. Semifinalist in Stockholm, repeated the result in Vienna after defeating the Croatian Borna Gojo by 7-6 (4) and 7-5 in 1h.49′.
The Athenian, who needs results to return with his father as coach, opens up. Although a tennis player has long wanted to extinguish this fire, Medvedev.
This equates to 63 victories of Carlos Alcaraz this season, the ones he signed himself for the entirety of his 2021 season, surpassing his compatriot Karen Khachanov by 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3 in 2h.15′.
Sparks will fly this Saturday, at 2pm, when Tsitsipas and Medvedev collide at the Vienna headquarters for a place in the final. One will come from the bottom of the draw, with crosses in quarterfinals Zverev-Rulev and Tiafoe-Sinner.
There were pending accounts between them, a dispute over a dance by Tsitsipas that Medvedev later imitated.
This will be the thirteenth confrontation between the Greek and the Russian, with the advantage Medvedev 8-4. Theirs is the most recent precedent, in the ‘semi’ on the soil of Rome, 7-5 and 7-5. On indoor hard courts, the closest date is the 2022 ATP Finals, where Tsitsipas won 6-3, 6-7 (11), 7-6 (1).
Both are eagerly awaiting this crossing, waiting Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz They join the circuit again next week in Paris-Bercy.
Source: La Verdad
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