With seven of the top ten seeds classified for the round of 16 of the Miami ATP Masters 1000, their current champion, the Russian Daniel Medvedev He didn’t want to be the first to break such a clean record among the favorites.
On the contrary, he ruthlessly reacted to an initial fear of being the first of the seeded teams to reach the 2024 quarterfinals, against the Chilean. Nicholas Jarrythe Norwegian won 7-6 (3) and 6-3 Casper Ruud.
Medvedev, 28 years old and world No. 4, was shocked by the score of his match against the German left-hander Dominic Koepfer, 29 years old and number 50, fell 0-4 in the tiebreak. And out of Teuton.
The German’s big mistakes, which explained his 1-16 against top-10 rivals and 0-8 against top-5, opened the door for the Muscovite to go on a run of five points in a row, leading tiebreak ‘ 5-4.
He no longer gave concessions to a Koepfer that he punished himself when he should have kept pace in the opening minutes. Pressure is not good to be with, he couldn’t handle it.
Medvedev did not spare the German mistakes, he took advantage of them and punished them decisively with a resounding 6-0 in the second set.
The 350th ATP victory of Medvedevwho is still trying to renew the title on the ATP Tour, something he has never done in his long and brilliant career.
That experience is important. A 7-6 (5) and 6-0 to Koepfer in an hour and a half, a result that hides the difficulties of the initial heat.
Source: La Verdad
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