Chilean Nicolás Jarry, number 23 in the world, did not defeat the Russian this Wednesday Daniil Medvedev (n.4), who will seek a place in the final of the Miami Open against the Italian Jannik Sinner (n.3).
Jarry ended his great role at the Florida Masters 1,000 with a loss in the quarterfinals against the reigning champion from Miami by 6-2 and 7-6(7) in one hour and 40 minutes.
Medvedev and Sinner will meet again in Miami after competing last year in the final, where Moscow ended up winning.
The Russian dominated the former (6-4) but the Italian has won his last four matches and the last one is undoubtedly the most important of all: the final of this year’s Australian Open, which is the first ‘big’ for Sinner.
To add more gunpowder to this explosive match, Medvedev and Sinner have faced each other in five finals in total with two wins for Russian (Rotterdam and Miami) and three for transalpine (Beijing, Vienna and Australian Open).
On the other side of the draw, the quarterfinals will be played this Thursday between the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (n.2) and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (n.12) and between the German Alexander Zverev (n.5) and of surprising Hungarian. Fábián Marozsán (n.57).
Despite the elimination, Jarry equaled his best result at a 1,000 Masters in Miami, as he has so far only reached the quarterfinals of tournaments of this caliber on one occasion (Shanghai, 2023).
In the evening time of an important match, Jarry was in front of him a battle of giants not only because of the unquestionable quality of Medvedev but also because both tennis players have a size of at least 1.98 meters.
The only precedent between them is distant: a victory for Medvedev in Barcelona in 2019.
Jarry started with gusto, showing confidence in his serve and not letting the stage intimidate him, but Medvedev is one of the toughest rivals on the circuit, an inexhaustible tennis player capable of returning impossible shots and requires an extra dose of both patience and precision..
15-40 on his second service turn was the first important challenge for the man from Santiago. He responded well by saving two break balls, but in the third he sent a backhand into the net and lost serve (3-1).
Jarry had the majority of the public in his favor and the Chilean fans never stopped cheering him on with shouts of “Come on, Nico.”
However, he pays for his mistakes. before a fearless, vain and wonderful Medvedev who didn’t have to face a break ball against him in the entire first set.
Jarry was asked by his team to take more risks, but he was stuck again with some inappropriate errors and, with a forehand too long, he lost his serve again and Medvedev closed the first set in in 32 minutes (6 -2). ).
The Chilean did not lower his arms, as at the beginning of the second set he seemed to successfully take refuge in a combination of serve and climbing the net.
Medvedev continued without hesitation, like a concrete wall without a single crack in it.. But Jarry stepped up his performance from the back of the court, once again showing great strength in his serve, limiting his unforced errors and making it clear that he will not leave Miami without putting up a good fight.
“Be calm, trust, you’re much better,” his team told Jarry. “One by one. Come on, come on.”
His first great moment came at 40-40 and 4-4 on the scoreboard, but Medvedev did not understand relaxation: he unleashed two thunderclaps on his serve and eliminated any danger (5-4).
He has a clearer option with 30-40 and 5-5 after a miraculous lob. Again, the Russian also saved it with amazing solvency (6-5).
It was clear that from less to more throughout the night, Jarry was able to save two match points against a colorful tie break but finally succumbed to Medvedev who closed out a very solid performance.
Before the start of the game, Jarry starred in one of the anecdotes of the day in Miami when his serve in the warm-up hit a ball girl. The Chilean immediately ran and talked to the girl to make sure she was okay.
Source: La Verdad
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