Merciless Medvedev exterminates Lu in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Medvedev too good for Lu to take on Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Yen-Hsun Lu

Daniil Medvedev motors past Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday after playing a extraordinary match to come up against Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round. The match lasted just 56 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Medvedev
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Medvedev's Record

The Russian added to his prize money $ 10,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 26,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Medvedev will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 40,000 in total.

Medvedev was pleased about the result. He commented:

“It was not easy to play today with the windy conditions. I am happy that I managed to keep my nerve, play solid and not make so many mistakes. Everything worked well and I am looking forward to the next round.”

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Yen-Hsun Lu Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Medvedev
Lu
Daniil Medvedev
6-2 6-2
0h:56
Yen-Hsun Lu
59
59
Total points
29
29
22
22
Winners
13
13
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
60%
60%
1st in
71%
71%
85%
85%
1st won
41%
41%
22/26
22/26
1st won
13/32
13/32
59%
59%
2nd won
38%
38%
10/17
10/17
2nd won
5/13
5/13
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/4
1/4
63%
63%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 59 points vs. Lu’s 29.

Medvedev

Daniil served very well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. Daniil was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).

Lu

On the other side, Lu had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Lu is 2-0 for Daniil.

Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Medvedev will square off with Popyrin in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Daniil Medvedev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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MedvedevLu
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0
0
L
0
0

Medvedev conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Medvedev reinforced his lead after breaking Yen-Hsun in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

One of the most important stints of the set was when Daniil won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Russian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 42 points. Medvedev won 16 more points than the Chinese (29-13). Medvedev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Yen-Hsun conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Medvedev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Medvedev to win the set because Yen-Hsun managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. Daniil kept his cool to break Yen-Hsun in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Medvedev converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Lu was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They played 45 points. Medvedev won 15 points more than Yen-Hsun (30-15). Medvedev dropped 7 points on serve (15-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Yen-Hsun conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

 

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