Daniil Medvedev makes light work of Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Astana on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to square off with Roberto Bautista Agut in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Daniil added to his prize money $ 24,275 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 52,060 after this win. If he wins the next match, Medvedev will add $ 49,830 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,890 in total.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori Astana Open – Astana
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 59 points vs. the Finn’s 39.
Medvedev
Daniil served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. The Russian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, Ruusuvuori was stunning in converting the only break point that he converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Ruusuvuori is 1-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats
Medvedev will fight against Bautista Agut in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Daniil Medvedev and Roberto Bautista Agut play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Bautista Agut (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bautista Agut won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Mallorca back in June 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev started the set strong after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). The Russian managed to boost his lead after breaking the Finn in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Daniil converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Medvedev conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Finn (32-21
). Medvedev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Ruusuvuori conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).Medvedev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Medvedev to win the set since Emil found the way to break back in the 3rd
(1-2) game. The Russian kept his focus to break Ruusuvuori in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.Emil was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Russian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Emil was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).
They contested 45 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Ruusuvuori (27-18). The Russian dropped 7 points on serve (13-7). In addition, on the other side, the Finn conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
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