2020 winner and last year’s finalist Daniil Medvedev crashed out of the group stage at the Turin Masters on Wednesday, losing to Stephanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-7 (11/13). ), 7-6 (7/1), his second in as many matches. The Russian, ranked No. 5 in the world, lost his first match against compatriot Andrey Rublyov (No. 7) on Monday. In turn, the 2019 tournament winners Greece (3rd) will book their ticket to the semi-finals on Friday against Rublyov on the final day of the Red Group. The winner of this clash will advance to the last four, as will Djokovic, who advanced to the semi-finals on Wednesday by defeating Rublev after defeating Tsitsipas.
Betrayed by his serve at the beginning of the match, Medvedev immediately missed the break and found himself 3-0 on the only break point in the first set. Tsitsipas held his serve until the end and won the set. In the second, Medvedev partially recovered his serve (16 aces in total) and both players reached the tiebreak without a new break point.
The decisive game was breathless. After taking a 4/1 lead, Tsitsipas came back to 4/4 and then offered himself three points before finishing. Medvedev saved one in particular with a jump shot from two meters behind his baseline. And that’s when he ended the round on his fourth set point, the first on his serve.
In the deciding set, Medvedev served the score at 5-4 after the break to take a 4-3 lead. But he completely missed this game and offered the break to Tsistipas on an unforced error. The fate of the match was decided on a new tie-break, this time completely dominated by Tsitsipas.
Source: Le Figaro
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