The sinner did not let go of Saudi Arabia and defeated Medvedev

The Italian Jannik Sinner He established his status as world number one and the best tennis player at the moment with a massive victory over the Russian. Daniel Medvedev at the opening meeting of the exhibition Six Kings Slam which will be held in Riyadh throughout this week.

The transalpine won the 6-0 and 6-3. It only lasted 69 minutes to seal his eighth victory in fifteen matches against the Moscow player, resigned to the high level of his rival, where he fell in his last face to face.

The sinner arrived in Riyadh with six consecutive victories that gave him the title, with authority, in Shanghai after defeating Novak Djokovic in the final, who he will face this Thursday in the semifinals.

The 23-year-old tennis player from San Candido defeated the Russian in a high-level match despite it being unofficial. But for the Italian there is no exhibition. He didn’t slow down, he didn’t give up and he dismantled the Russian in an impeccable first set. Then, it was enough for him to maintain his level and keep his distance to avoid a possible reaction from Medvedev.

Sinner, who has accumulated 65 victories and only six losses that brought him seven titles in 2024, two of them from the grand Slam – the Australian Open and the United States Open -, seventeen in total in his career, is undefeated as he was defeated by Alcaraz in the final in Beijing.

Medvedev, fifth in the world, 28 years old and without titles in 2024, with the Australian Open final and Indian Wells Masters 1000 as the main course records, had no choice during the duel and said goodbye without being able to cope with the number world number one to face on Thursday Djokovic.