CINCINNATI.
Russian Daniil Medvedev, first favorite of the tournament, He was removed this Saturday in the semifinals of Masters 1000 de Cincinnati for his compatriot Andrey Rublev.
Rublev, fourth favorite, beat Medvedev with 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 sets in two hours and 16 minutes, to advance to Sunday’s final against the winner of the other semifinal between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (N.2) and the German Alexander Zverev (N.3).
Defeated in their previous four matches by Medvedev, Rublev ended the winning streak of the world number two, which last Sunday won the Toronto Masters 1000.
I don’t know how I turned it around. Every point was so tight, the match was so intense, it was exactly like a game of chess, “Rublev said.
23 years old, Rublev will contest the thirteenth final of his career on Sunday, the second of the Masters 1000 after which he lost in April in Monte Carlo to Tsitsipas.
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