Daniil Medvedev obtained his 350th victory on the ATP circuit this Tuesday. The Russian beat the German Dominik Koepfer at the Miami Open by 7-6 (4) and 6-0 and is the fourth tennis player born since 1990 to reach this number of wins, after Dimitrov (429), Zverev (409) , Raonic (380). In this way he continues on the path that could lead him to repeat the title in a tournament (he has 20) for the first time in his career. He has reached, with this, 19 quarterfinals in Masters 1,000.
“The sensations are different now than when I won my first ATP match. But the desire to win continues, and that’s why I keep going,” said Medvedev, who had the first set very uphill, when Koepfer started the tiebreaker with a 4-0. “When you lose a set like that, being 4-0 in the tie-break, and having bad luck afterwards at some point here and there, your energy goes down a lot. That’s what happened to Dominik. I have also raised my level,” justified Daniil, who will face Nicolás Jarry on Wednesday. The Chilean, who saved two match points in the second round against the British Jack Draper, was able to beat the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7-6 (3) and 6-3) to reach the quarterfinals of a Masters 1,000 for the second time (Shanghai 2023).
Sinner reacts in time
Jannik Sinner experienced a situation similar to that of Medvedev, in his duel against Christopher O’Connell. Although in the case of the Italian, the problem is that he spent several games with a break in the first set. The Australian went on to win 4-2 before Sinner’s reaction, which gave him a 4-0 lead and ended up taking the victory 6-4 and 6-3 in 1:51.
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Jannik was not caught by surprise by this situation, because in 2021 he lost against O’Connell in the round of 16 in Atlanta. In his tenth quarterfinal of a tournament of this category (he has four in a row in Miami), he will face on Wednesday the Czech Tomas Machac, executioner of a compatriot of Sinner, Matteo Arnaldi (double 6-3). The world number three was very active this Tuesday. Accidentally, he sent the ball directly into his physio’s genitals. “Now I know him very well. I have hurt him and I have to continue asking for forgiveness. I hit it because I hit the rest with the rod and the ball went there, to a really important point in a human being. I’m sorry and I hope everything goes well,” he joked. He also had a nice touch by handing out bottles of water and towels for a spectator who suffered heat stroke. A great guy.
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2024-03-26 21:42:48
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