Frances Tiafoe will face against Daniil Medvedev on Tuesday at 3:30 pm after playing a really good Miami Open. The American player is showing huge resilience during the tournament after he won all his 3 matches in 3 sets and after trailing by 1-set down in all of them.
Tiafoe had the marvelous idea of adding former world no.6 Wayne Ferreira in his coaching team so as to get some more inputs on how to improve his mental game. It’s pretty clear that this was the right move.
Medvedev’s cramps
Frances will not be the favorite in his match against Daniil Medvedev. Actually, our prediction is the Russian winning in straight sets. However, the world no.2 was struggling a lot with cramps during his last match against Alexei Popyrin and that raised some question marks about his condition in Miami. Also, Daniel has never managed to go too deep in Miami in his career.
After the match against Popyrin, Medvedev admitted:
“The only thing I was thinking about is not to fall down because if I fall down, I don’t think I would be able to get up. There were some moments where I just wanted to lay down and say, ‘Okay, it’s over.’ So I knew that that’s the thing I couldn’t accept myself to do.
In the end, it was just that I almost couldn’t walk. My legs were not following me. I couldn’t bend it or make it straight, I had to keep the same posture. I couldn’t make a step more than; I don’t know, 10 centimetres.”
H2H Medevedv vs. Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe and Daniil Medvedev squared off 4 times. Their current record is 3-1 for Medvedev. The last time they squared off, Daniil Medvedev won 6-4 6-1 6-0 in the 4th round in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2020.
Here the highlights.
Tiafoe in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.58, Tiafoe has achieved a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2021. Francis is currently competing in Miami, where he beat Stefano Travaglia 5-7 6-4 6-2, Daniel Evans 6-75 6-3 6-3 and Dusan Lajovic 1-6 7-5 6-3.
Frances Tiafoe will play the world no.2 Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Grandstand. Their current record is 3-1 for Medvedev.
Medvedev in Miami, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.2 (career-high), the Russian achieved a composed 16-2 win-loss record in 2021. Medvedev is currently playing in Miami where he toppled Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-2 and Alexei Popyrin 7-63 6-77 6-4.
Daniil Medvedev will take on the world no.58 Francis Tiafoe in the 4th round on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on Grandstand. Their head to head is 3-1 for Medvedev.
The Russian has won 1 title in 2021 in Marseille. Daniil got to the final at the Australian Open.
Medvedev won 10 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts and 6 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
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