TENNIS SCORES. Daniil Medvedev aces Rublev in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Open

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN - ST. PETERSBURG. Medvedev aces Rublev to play Egor Gerasimov in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Andrey Rublev

Daniil Medvedev dispatches Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Medvedev will seek to keep on going in this event against Egor Gerasimov in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Medvedev won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Medvedev broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

Medvedev won the set after he broke Rublev 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Andrey tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Notwithstanding, Daniil didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

Rublev lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Daniil scored 84 points vs. Andrey’s 74 points.

Medvedev struck 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Daniil won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Andrey was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats

Medvedev will fight against Gerasimov in the semifinal.

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

The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 6-74 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Tokyo back in 2018.

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