Daniil Medvedev tops Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 7-6(7) in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Medvedev will fight against Andy Murray in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Medvedev added to his prize money $ 50,345 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 122,175 after this win. If he wins the next match, Medvedev will add $ 87,270 to his earnings to get in total $ 209,445 in total.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Medvedev scored 75 points vs. Felix’s 64.
Medvedev
Medvedev served very well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, the Canadian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Auger-Aliassime is 6-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Andy Murray – stats
Medvedev will take on Murray in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Andy Murray play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev started the set strong after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Russian to win the set because the Canadian succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game. Medvedev kept his focus to break Auger-Aliassime in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than the Canadian (34-31). The Russian conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Felix conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Medvedev won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) game. Felix tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Daniil didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Daniil won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 12th (6-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 10th (6-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). The Russian saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, Felix was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 74 points. The Russian won 8 more points than Auger-Aliassime (41-33). The Russian dropped 9 points on serve (29-9). On the losing side, Auger-Aliassime conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-0 3-6 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 7-67) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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