TENNIS SCORES CINCINNATI. Ferocious Medvedev outpaces Rublev in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open

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

1^st set.

Medvedev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Rublev in the 2^nd 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 5^th (1-4) game. The Russian kept his focus to break the Russian in the 8^th (6-2) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Medvedev had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2^nd 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 5^th 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