Daniil Medvedev sealed his pass to the semifinals of the Miami Open on Thursday morning. The Russian, reigning champion, won 6-2, 7-6(7) against Chilean Nicolás Jarry in a match he controlled without too much trouble and had a strange moment before it started.
The two players were completing their warm-up on one of Jarry’s serves hit one of the ball kids. The girl slipped when she saw the ball hit her body, with her unlucky fall she was hit.
An unfortunate action that, fortunately, ended without major consequences and allowed us to verify the values of the Chilean player, who did not hesitate to cross the court to ask about the situation of a girl.
Despite the elimination, Jarry equaled his best result at the Masters 1,000 in Miamibecause so far it has 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 in his second turn of service 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 paid dearly for his mistakes against a fearless, restless and impressive Medvedev who did not 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 give up, taking his rival to a tiebreak in the second set. There, a series of unforced errors cost him the set and the match.
Source: La Verdad
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