Daniil Medvedev ousts Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-64 in the quarter in Shanghai on Friday. Medvedev is going to play against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Russian won the tiebreak at 4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 74 points vs. Fabio’s 54 points.
The Russian served pretty well to win 91% of the points (42/46) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Daniil fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Russian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (1/4). On the other side, Fabio wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Fognini is 2-1 for Daniil.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Fabio Fognini Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Medvedev will fight against Tsitsipas in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 6-2 1-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte carlo back in April 2019.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Roger FedererFederer (6-3 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-4) – See H2H details
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-1) – See H2H details