TENNIS SCORES. Medvedev overcomes Dimitrov in the semifinal in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Medvedev downs Dimitrov to take on Rafael Nadal in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Daniil Medvedev topples Grigor Dimitrov 7-65 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Medvedev will have to play Rafael Nadal in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Medvedev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set as Dimitrov found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Medvedev maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

2nd set.

Dimitrov conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Medvedev in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Medvedev succeeded in coming back to break the Bulgarian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

3rd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Medvedev conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Dimitrov is 2-1 for Daniil.

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Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Medvedev will come up against Nadal in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 6-0 in the final in Montreal back in August 2019.

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