Daniil Medvedev survives Arthur Fils 6-4 2-6 7-6(7) in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Medvedev will fight against Holger Rune in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 152,850 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 354,850 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 283,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 638,750.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fils BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:25
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 99 points vs. the French player’s 95.
Medvedev
Daniil won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Fils
On the other side, Arthur was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Fils is 2-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Holger Rune – stats
Medvedev will compete against Rune in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 70 points. Medvedev won 6 points more than Fils (38-32). The Russian lost 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, the French player conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).
Medvedev didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Arthur Fils in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The French player extended his lead after breaking Daniil in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The French player was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. The French player won 11 more points than Medvedev (26-15). Arthur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Medvedev conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Daniil won the set after he broke Fils in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (3-4) game. The French player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Notwithstanding, Daniil kept the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Medvedev won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Fils won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Daniil converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40). Daniil saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. In addition on the other side, Arthur converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 84 points. The Russian won 8 points more than the French player (46-38). The Russian lost 13 points on serve (29-13). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 2-6 7-67)
- Holger RuneRune – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (5-7 6-0 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-5)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 7-6(4))
Upcoming matches
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-2) – H2H details and stats
