Daniil Medvedev will face off in the US Open semifinal against Felix Auger Aliassime
Daniil is the hot favorite to win the match. He has played against the young Canadian only once and that was 3 years ago in Toronto after he survived an incredible 3-setter, won at the photo-finish 3-6 6-4 7-6(7) in the 2nd round.
This is how the match developed.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Felix Auger Aliassime Rogers Cup – Toronto
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Daniil won this match even if he conquered less points than Auger-Aliassime (106 vs. 107).
Medvedev
The Russian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (4/8). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Auger-Aliassime is 1-0 for Daniil.
Live score progression and stats
Felix won the set after he broke Medvedev in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Medvedev couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 3 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 51 points. Auger-Aliassime was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Daniil (30-21). Auger-Aliassime surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
The Russian won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Daniil didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.
They played 73 points. Daniil won 9 points more than the Canadian (41-32). Medvedev lost 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Medvedev clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Daniil broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 9-7.
Tiebreak
Daniil won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (4-4), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Auger-Aliassime won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Daniil converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40). Daniil saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Daniil won just 2 more points than Auger-Aliassime (45-43). Daniil dropped 15 points on serve (30-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Felix conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
