Tallon Griekspoor stuns Daniil Medvedev 2-6 7-6(7) 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Griekspoor will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Dubai
Griekspoor's Record

Griekspoor added to his prize money $ 84,920 after winning this match. He has already won $ 173,620 until now in this event. If he wins the next match, Tallon will add $ 152,160 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,780.

Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Daniil Medvedev Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Griekspoor
Medvedev
2-6 7-67 7-5
2h:36
106
106
Total points
115
115
55
55
Winners
55
55
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
15
15
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
72%
72%
1st in
72%
72%
68%
68%
1st won
71%
71%
55/81
55/81
1st won
55/78
55/78
52%
52%
2nd won
61%
61%
16/31
16/31
2nd won
19/31
19/31
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
3/14
3/14
29%
29%
Won
21%
21%
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The Dutch won this match even if he conquered less points than the Russian (106 vs. 115).

Griekspoor

The Dutch won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Medvedev

On the other side, the Russian had a tough time converting his break points (only 21% – 3/14). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Griekspoor and Medvedev is 1-0 for Tallon.

Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Griekspoor will take on Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-75 7-66 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Medvedev 6-2
MedvedevGriekspoor
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MedvedevGriekspoor
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MedvedevGriekspoor
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MedvedevGriekspoor
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MedvedevGriekspoor
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MedvedevGriekspoor
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MedvedevGriekspoor
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MedvedevGriekspoor
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MedvedevGriekspoor
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Daniil in this set was more solid than Tallon and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Griekspoor in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Medvedev failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

The Dutch couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Medvedev was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Dutch was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. Daniil was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Tallon (34-18). The Russian dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, Griekspoor conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

2nd Set -
Griekspoor 7-6
GriekspoorMedvedev
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
GriekspoorMedvedev
7
6
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
6
6
7
6
7
7
8
7
GriekspoorMedvedev
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GriekspoorMedvedev
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GriekspoorMedvedev
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GriekspoorMedvedev
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Tallon won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th

(1-3) game, Griekspoor broke back in the 5th (2-3) game to win the set 7-6.

Tallon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dutch won just 3 more points than Medvedev (50-47

). Griekspoor surrendered 29 points on serve (42-29). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
3rd Set -
Griekspoor 7-5
GriekspoorMedvedev
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
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40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
GriekspoorMedvedev
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
GriekspoorMedvedev
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GriekspoorMedvedev
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
GriekspoorMedvedev
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
GriekspoorMedvedev
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GriekspoorMedvedev
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tallon conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

Griekspoor was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Griekspoor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tallon won just 2 points more than Medvedev (37-35). Griekspoor lost 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Medvedev conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).

1st
Griekspoor
Medvedev
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Griekspoor
Medvedev
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Griekspoor
Medvedev
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-65 1-6 6-4)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (2-6 7-67 7-5)
  • Quentin HalysHalys – Luca NardiNardi (2-6 6-3 7-65)
  • Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-2)

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