Medvedev-Tsitsipas, a dream half in Rome

Medvedev-Tsitsipas, a dream half in Rome

After ensuring Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev will meet on Saturday in the semi-finals on Italian clay.

On paper, the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome promise to be very attractive, especially that between Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Indeed, Thursday, the latter did not tremble and logically joined the last four of this Masters 1000. In the evening, the Greek dominated Borna Coric in two sets (6-3, 6-4) and 1h3 of play and therefore does better than in Madrid (surprise defeat in the quarter-final against Jan-Lennard Struff).

Faced with the Croatian, recent finalist in the Spanish capital, the current 5th in the world in the ATP rankings knew how to seize his chance at the right time to make the difference. In the first set, it was a 4-3 break that allowed Tsitsipas to break away and take the lead on the scoreboard behind. Subsequently, after a break on each side, the Greek once again took Coric’s service at the end of the set, at 5-4. A boon for the native of Athens who finished the job then and is reassured as Roland-Garros gets closer.

Medvedev too strong for Hanfmann

As a result, in the next round, Tsitsipas will find Medvedev, winner a little earlier of Yannick Hanfmann in two sets (6-2, 6-2) and 1h22 of play. Indeed, Thursday afternoon, the Russian had assured on the clay of Foro Italico. Eliminated twice in the round of 16 in Monte-Carlo and Madrid, the latter seems to be gaining momentum on the ocher surface. After knocking down Alexander Zverev in the previous round, the world number three this time did not have too much trouble getting the German out (101st in the ATP rankings).

In both sets, if Medvedev was broken once each time, he mainly took the service of his opponent of the day three times, totally helpless on arrival. At the gates of the final in Rome, the Russian will therefore have the right to a big challenge this Saturday against Tsitsipas, which he has not faced since the Masters in Turin at the end of last year. Again, a few weeks from the Parisian Grand Slam, the native of Moscow will be keen to show that the clay court no longer bothers him that much. The appointment is made.

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