Daniil Medvedev played a fantastic match on Saturday in Astana against Novak Djokovic. The Russian player won the first set and he also had a match point in the second set. Eventually, Novak Djokovic pulled yet another great escape to bring the contest to the decider. That was the moment when Daniil Medvedev surprised everyone.
Abductor injury
The Russian player out of the blue withdrew from the match. Later, he explained that he had pulled a muscle.
“It’s the second time in my life I retired like this with a pulled muscle,” Medvedev admitted. “So here, on the second point of the tie-break, I felt a little strange pop in my adductor. I first thought maybe it’s a cramp and after the point I was like: ‘No, probably not a cramp.’
And during the tie-break, I felt I can play like five, 10 more points but that’s it. If I play one more set, you can do it, but you can probably miss half a year instead of one month.”
Djokovic in Astana, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently the world no.7, the Serbian achieved a composed 32-6 match record in 2022. The Serbian is currently having a run in Astana where he ousted the world no.81 Cristian Garin 6-1 6-1, the world no.34 Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-1, the world no.18 Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-3 and the world no.4 Daniil Medvedev 4-6 7-66 0-0 ret..
Novak Djokovic will face the world no.6 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their actual head to head record is 7-2 for Djokovic.
The Serbian has won 3 titles in 2022 in Rome, in Wimbledon and in Tel Aviv. The Serbian reached the final in Belgrade (Serbia Open).
Djokovic won 89 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 15 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Daniil Medvedev in 2022
Ranked no.4, Daniil played his last match on the 8th of October when he had to retire when playing against world no.7 Novak Djokovic in the semifinal and the scoreline was 4-6 7-6(6) 0-0 .
This year Daniil has managed to achieve an overall 40-15 match record. Daniil clinched 1 title in Los Cabos. Daniil was the finalist at the Australian Open, in Hertogenbosch and in Halle.
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev squared off 11 times. Their actual head to head record is 7-4 for Djokovic. Before, the last time they squared off, Novak Djokovic won 4-6 7-6(6) 0-0 ret. in the semifinal in Astana (Astana Open) on the 8th of October 2022.
In the following video, you can watch the key moments of their match.
Tsitsipas in Astana, ranking, and results in 2022
At the moment ranked no.6, Stefanos has managed to achieve a 51-18 match record in 2022. Stefanos is now playing in Astana where he bested the world no.221 Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4, the world no.152 Luca Nardi 7-62 7-63, the world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 7-68 6-3 and the world no.9 Andrey Rublev 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play the world no.7 Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Their head to head is 7-2 for Djokovic.
Stefanos clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and Mallorca. Tsitsipas got to the final in Rotterdam (ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament), in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) and in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open).
Stefanos 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)
