
Stefanos Tsitsipas hustles Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Tsitsipas will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Borna Coric in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money $ 240,055 after winning this match. He has won already $ 529,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 440,310 to his earnings to get in total $ 970,020 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniil Medvedev Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Tsitsipas’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 101 points vs. Medvedev’s 96.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (49/60) behind his first serve. However he won only 39% points (12/31) on his second serve. Stefanos won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Medvedev
On the other side, Medvedev was remarkable in converting all his break points (3/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Medvedev is 3-7 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Borna Coric – stats
Tsitsipas will compete against Coric in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tsitsipas and Coric (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Stefanos was not done to come back to break Daniil in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Tsitsipas won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Daniil won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Stefanos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 40-A). Stefanos saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, Medvedev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tsitsipas won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Daniil (42-43). Tsitsipas conceded 16 points on serve (30-16). on the other side of the net, Medvedev conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Tsitsipas took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, there was more to do for Daniil to win the set because Stefanos managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 60 points. Daniil was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Tsitsipas (32-28). Daniil lost 16 points on serve (22-16). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Greek snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Stefanos was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Russian (31-21). Stefanos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Medvedev conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-66 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Borna CoricCoric (1-1) – H2H details and stats