Daniil Medvedev conquers Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-65 7-5 in the semifinal in Shanghai on Saturday. Medvedev will clash against Alexander Zverev in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Daniil won the breaker at 5.
2nd set.
Daniil won the set after he broke Stefanos in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the Russian maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 75 points vs. the Greek’s 66 points.
Daniil served pretty well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (16/24) on his second serve. Daniil was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, Stefanos was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Tsitsipas is 5-0 for Daniil.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Medvedev will play Zverev in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-4) – See H2H details
