Daniil Medvedev motors past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday after playing an impressive match to deal with Hubert Hurkacz or Ugo Humbert in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. The Russian won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 77,155 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 157,755 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 138,245 to his earnings to get in total $ 296,000.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 60 points vs. Davidovich Fokina’s 43.
Medvedev
The Russian was effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, Alejandro was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Medvedev and Davidovich Fokina is 4-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Hubert Hurkacz or Ugo Humbert – stats
Medvedev will play either Hubert Hurkacz or Ugo Humbert in the semifinal. The head to head is 3-3 vs. Hubert Hurkacz and 1-2 vs. Ugo Humbert.
Live score progression and stats
Daniil in this set was too good for Alejandro and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Davidovich Fokina in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Medvedev failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Alejandro was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Russian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 54 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the Spaniard (33-21). Daniil surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Medvedev commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set because Davidovich Fokina succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game.
Medvedev wasted a good opportunity to break the Spaniard in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Medvedev converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 49 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Alejandro (27-22). Medvedev dropped 9 points on serve (14-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 4-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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