Daniil Medvedev defeats Safiullin in the semifinal at the Hangzhou Open – HANGZHOU RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

HANGZHOU OPEN - HANGZHOU DRAW AND RESULTS. Medvedev topples Safiullin

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Daniil Medvedev victorious over Roman Safiullin 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Hangzhou on Monday in what was an all-Russian encounter. Medvedev will have to play Andrey Rublev in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2025. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Medvedev
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Medvedev's Record

Medvedev added to his prize money $ 37,995 after winning this match. He has already won $ 92,200 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 65,865 to his earnings to get in total $ 158,065 in total.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Roman Safiullin Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Medvedev
Safiullin
Daniil Medvedev
7-5 6-4
1h:42
Roman Safiullin
72
72
Total points
62
62
35
35
Winners
31
31
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
63%
63%
81%
81%
1st won
70%
70%
35/43
35/43
1st won
31/44
31/44
43%
43%
2nd won
42%
42%
9/21
9/21
2nd won
11/26
11/26
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/5
1/5
38%
38%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Daniil scored 72 points vs. Roman’s 62.

Medvedev

Daniil served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (35/43) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (9/21) on his second serve. Daniil won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Safiullin was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Safiullin is 1-0 for Daniil.

Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Medvedev will play Rublev in the final.

This will be the 11th time that Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev fight against each other. The head to head is 8-2 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Us open back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Medvedev 7-5
MedvedevSafiullin
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MedvedevSafiullin
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MedvedevSafiullin
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MedvedevSafiullin
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MedvedevSafiullin
3
2
0
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15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MedvedevSafiullin
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MedvedevSafiullin
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MedvedevSafiullin
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MedvedevSafiullin
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Daniil conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

Medvedev was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Safiullin was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 76 points. Medvedev was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Roman (40-36). Daniil surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

2nd Set -
Medvedev 6-4
MedvedevSafiullin
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MedvedevSafiullin
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MedvedevSafiullin
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MedvedevSafiullin
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MedvedevSafiullin
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MedvedevSafiullin
0
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MedvedevSafiullin
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Medvedev had a racing start in this set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Daniil managed to stage a good comeback to break Safiullin in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Medvedev converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Roman was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).

They played 58 points. Daniil conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Safiullin (32-26). Daniil dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, Safiullin conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

1st
Medvedev
Safiullin
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Medvedev
Safiullin
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

  • Andrey RublevRublev – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (7-60 6-1)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 6-4)

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