
Daniil Medvedev victorious over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Medvedev will clash against Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 168,170 after winning this match. He has already won $ 352,635 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 309,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 662,360.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Medvedev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 80 points vs. Davidovich Fokina’s 65.
Medvedev
The Russian served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. Medvedev won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Davidovich Fokina is 3-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Medvedev will compete against Tiafoe in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Daniil Medvedev and Frances Tiafoe clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Australian Open back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Daniil to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Daniil converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. Medvedev won 7 more points than Davidovich Fokina (34-27). Daniil was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, Davidovich Fokina conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Medvedev clinched in the 11th game (6-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).
Medvedev converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. The Russian won 8 more points than Davidovich Fokina (46-38). The Russian dropped 16 points on serve (30-16). on the other side of the court, Alejandro conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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