Daniil Medvedev topples Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 in the final in Marseille on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This is the first time that the Russian conquered this tournament. His best result in this event so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Daniil added € 7,215 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 27,615 in total after winning this tournament.
Medvedev was glad about how things unfolded. He commented:
“I am really happy. I knew that I would become No. 2 no matter what on Monday. It is always better when you step up the Rankings when you do something great. I know that winning here didn’t give me the points to become No. 2, but it is great for the self-esteem that just before becoming No. 2 on Monday, I win a tournament.”
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:11
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 103 points vs. the French player’s 93.
Medvedev
The Russian served pretty well to win 83% of the points (54/65) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (15/33) on his second serve. Medvedev fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Herbert
On the other side, Pierre-Hugues was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Herbert is 2-2.
This was the 10th career title for Medvedev. (see list of the title).
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev won the set after he broke Herbert in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Pierre-Hugues tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Russian stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
They contested 59 points. Daniil won 11 points more than Herbert (35-24). Daniil dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
