Daniil Medvedev conquers Egor Gerasimov 7-5 7-5 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Medvedev will face Borna Coric in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Medvedev conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Medvedev won the set after he broke Gerasimov in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Gerasimov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Daniil kept the focus before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 75 points vs. Gerasimov’s 71 points.
The Russian served extremely well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (13/27) on his second serve. The Russian was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Gerasimov was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 25% of his break points (1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Gerasimov is 3-0 for Daniil.
Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Borna Coric – stats
Medvedev will fight against Coric in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Daniil Medvedev and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Coric (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Coric won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Borna CoricCoric – Joao SousaSousa (3-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (1-4) – See H2H details
