The Russian tennis player has added victory in the semifinals and will fight for the title. Medvedev has beaten Mannarino by a double 7-5 and will try to extend his record.
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The second semi-final of ATP de Hertogenbosch faced the top favorite Daniil Medvedev contra Adrian Mannarino, a specialist in this type of surfaces. The Russian had won Simon and Ivashka without losing a set and the Frenchman had done it against Seppi, De Miñaur and Nakashima leaving great sensations. In head-to-head at the moment four clashes with two wins for each side.
Medvedev will fight for the title
The duel began with the remains prevailing over the services and, although it seems strange, two consecutive breaks were seen. Then it was Medvedev who seemed to be more comfortable in the backcourt exchanges. Both with very flat tennis were exchanging beautiful players from the back of the court. Daniil left until 4-2, but Mannarino reacted and after three consecutive games he turned the score around and was ahead 5-4 passing the pressure to the other side. The Russian was not surprised and in the tenth game he again got a break that this time left him with the option of his service to close the first set. With the 40-0 three options arrived and the second certified a first set in which he had had to get the best level out of him.
Mannarino took the initiative again in the second round. The Frenchman continued to stand up to Medvedev, but it was the Russian who hit the table again and went up to 4-2. Instead of giving up Adrian with the support of the public continued to fight and was able to make it 5-5 after a great comeback. The problem is that he was not able to win his turn of service and after a break of Daniil Medvedev kept the service to close the match. At the first match point, the top seed and top favorite for the title advanced to the final to face the local who has been the great revelation of the tournament, Tim Van Rijthoven.
