Daniil Medvedev extinguishes Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Novak Djokovic in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Medvedev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set since Rublev found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Russian kept his focus to break the Russian in the 8th (6-2) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
2nd set.
Medvedev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Daniil to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 58 points vs. Rublev’s 40 points.
Daniil served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Medvedev didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, the Russian was remarkable in converting all the break points (1/1). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Rublev is 1-0 for Daniil.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Andrey Rublev Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Medvedev will play Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Monte carlo back in April 2019.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- David GoffinDavid – Yoshihito NishiokaYoshihito (w/o) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetRichard – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (7-62 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevDaniil – Andrey RublevAndrey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Lucas PouilleLucas (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Daniil MedvedevDaniil (3-1) – See H2H details
- Richard GasquetRichard – David GoffinDavid (1-1) – See H2H details
