Stefanos Tsitsipas won a fantastic semi-final in Cincinnati on Saturday against Daniil Medvedev. Stefanos has always struggled against the world number 1 in the previous matches. Nevertheless, this time he adopted a fantastic strategy. Stefanos used his sliced backhand a lot and he was also going as much as he could to the net.
It was Nick Kyrgios that recently exposed Medvedev’s weaknesses by going a lot to the net and Tsitsipas had the same approach.
In this video, it is also clear how the Greek sensation did everything he could in order to inject variations against Daniil.
Tsitsipas in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2022
Now ranked no.7, Tsitsipas has a composed 46-15 record in 2022. The Greek is now competing in Cincinnati where he overcame the world no.46 Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-4, the world no.16 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-3, the world no.50 John Isner 7-65 5-7 6-3 and the world no.1 Daniil Medvedev 7-66 3-6 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will come up against the world no.152 Borna Coric in the final on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their current record is 1-1.
Stefanos has won 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and in Mallorca. The Greek reached the final in Rotterdam (ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament) and in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia).
The Greek won 9 titles in his career: 4 on clay courts, 4 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Tsitsipas will compete next in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will commence the tournament from the main draw on the 29th of August.
Daniil Medvedev in 2022
LWLWWWWLWW At the moment ranked no.1, the Russian played his last match on the 20th of August when he surrendered to world no.7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati (draw).
During this season Daniil achieved a compiled 34-12 record. This year, Medvedev conquered 1 title in Los Cabos. Daniil got to the final at the Australian Open, in Hertogenbosch and in Halle.
Medvedev is scheduled to compete next in U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start from the main draw on the 29th of August.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev played each other 10 times. The head to head is 7-3 for Medvedev. The last time they locked horns, Stefanos Tsitsipas won 7-6(6) 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 20th of August 2022.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
