Medvedev was unforgiving and made it to the final of the Los Cabos tournament

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the russian Daniil Medvedev, number one in the world ranking, defeated Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6(0), 6-1 this Friday and qualified for the final of the Los Cabos Open, an ATP 500 category tournament.

Considered one of the fastest growing players on the tour in recent months, Kecmanovic broke in game four and went 4-1 ahead while holding serve, but the Russian came back with a variety of shots and great impact in game. service.

Daniil broke Miomir’s serve in the seventh “game”, the before and after match as the US Open champion took control of the match from then on, even though he couldn’t break for the rest of the first set.

In the ‘tie break’, Medvedev he made a mini-break then saved the ball with a backhand down the line into the net for a 2-0 leadthat set the course for the sudden death playoff, which he won 7-0.

Miomir was unable to recover from the blow; in the second round he suffered a break in the second and, although he recovered from a 0-30 deficit in the fourth to close 1-3, he did not have the capacity to respond to a Medvedev who became less.

The world number one built on his good serve on Friday, winning 83 percent of first-serve points and hitting 12 aces, but he was also good on the returns and, after the first break, he had no ‘break points’ against him.

With the victory, the Russian was confirmed as world number one for the rest of the month, with many possibilities to end the year at the top of the rankingwhich he will try to inspire with good performances at the Masters 1,000 in Montreal and Cincinnati, in the next two weeks, and at the US Open, where he will defend the title.

The morning from Saturday to Sunday Medvedev will seek his first title of the season in Los Cabos in the final against British Cameron Norriedefending champion, who defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, ranked ninth, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the other semifinal.

In the first set, Norrie, twelfth in the ATP rankings, won 94 percent of first serve points and made the difference in favor with a break in the fifth game where he went up the net twice and won points to Auger -Alyassime.

For the second set, the Briton lost serve in the second game, but the Canadian, the ninth racket in the ATP, could not confirm, and it was until the eighth where he broke against a rival who was not so fine as at the beginning of the conflict.

The deciding set began with Norrie more focused, breaking in the fourth “game” and taking a 4-1 lead in the fifth. Auger-Aliassime made many unforced errors at decisive moments and he missed several chances to tie the game, especially in the ninth game, which kept him out of the final.

Medvedev and Norrie met only oncein 2019 at the Shanghai Master, where the Russian won 6-3, 6-1.

The Los Cabos Open is played on hard court with a prize pool of $920,625, with the champion taking home $125,040.

Source: La Verdad

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