Daniil Medvedev bests Holger Rune 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Medvedev will play against Tommy Paul in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniil added to his prize money $ 140,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 325,000 as of now in this event. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 260,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Holger Rune BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:59
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 86 points vs. Rune’s 71.
Medvedev
The Russian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, Holger was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Rune is 2-1 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Medvedev will face Paul in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Daniil won the set after he broke Rune in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Dane tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Medvedev didn’t blink to conquer the set 7-5.
Rune was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Daniil converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Rune converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 103 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Holger (56-47). Medvedev conceded 15 points on serve (30-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Holger conceded 26 points on serve (32-26).
Medvedev got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Russian was not done to come back to break the Dane in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
A defining moment of this set was when Daniil won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
The Russian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Dane was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 54 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Holger (30-24). The Russian dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Rune conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Holger RuneRune (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jannik SinnerSinner () – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz () – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-3) – H2H details and stats
