Daniil Medvedevworld number four and current champion of the Dubai Open 500, does not want to give up any more ground with the three players who precede him in the ATP ranking, namely Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
The Russian, who had been eliminated from Rotterdam and Doha, has returned this week in the emirate city and has done so with force. Medvedev has qualified this Thursday for the semifinals of the competition after passing over Alejandro Davidovich, 6-2 and 6-3, in 77 minutes. The winner awaits this Friday the winner of the match between Hubert Hurkacz (3) and Ugo Humbert (5).
Daniel, who has hired the Frenchman Gilles Simon as his second coachhad already won the previous three between them and showed that he had taken the measure of Jorge Aguirre’s pupil.
The turning point of the match was the fifth game of the first set. The player from Malaga had 0-40 and three breaking balls escaped him. His executioner did not fail then, as he was able to string together eight games. From 2-2 it went to 6-2 and 4-0. Álex achieved a ‘break’ to open his locker in the continuation.
Indian Wells, next stop
Davidovich, 24 del ranking, will head to Indian Wells where the first Masters 1000 on the calendar begins next Wednesday. He will be one of the two seeds in the March 5 draw. The other is Carlos Alcaraz.
The first Dubai semi-final will cross Andrey Rublevexecutioner of Sebastian Korda, 6-4 and 6-3, and Alexander Bublikwhich has benefited from the withdrawal due to injury of the Czech Jiri Lehecka.
2024-02-29 16:34:21
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