It’s been a year since the last tournament won by Daniil Medvedev, and the wait is destined to continue for a while longer. Because in the land of France once again there will be no glory for the number 4 in the world, who has now even ended up in check Sascha Zverev which could overtake it within a few days. It’s all the fault of defeat against Alex de Minaurthe eighth since the beginning of the year out of 35 matches played, with the two finals lost to Melbourne (against Sinner) And Indian Wells (against Alcaraz) which for the moment will have no further follow-up.
Daniil, what a bad luck: the bladder ruins the plans
Medvedev he hadn’t shone in the first rounds of his Paris campaign, and on time when the bar was raised it ended up derailing. Despite against de Minaur the match had gone in the right direction, with the first set won after a good battle which also seemed to turn completely in favor of the Russian tennis player.
What happened though from the second set onwards ends up straight in the black book of the last year of Daniel, which even before against the Tasmanian Devil had to deal with the bad luck, which forced him to play practically lame. The reason? The same damned blister on my right foot, returned to manifest itself at the moment when it was least needed. And especially such as to influence the entire continuation of a match which suddenly changed masters, although in the first set the balance had reigned supreme, with de Minaur who had even had a break point first in the seventh game, only to then give up his serve in the next game and compromise the good things he had done up to that point.
De Minaur does not take pity. And now he can dream
The watershed of the match was then the medical time out requested by Medvedev before restarting in the second: at that moment everyone present on the Suzanne Lenglen they understood that for the Russian to overcome the situation could prove to be too damn complicated.
De Minaur he continued to play his game: he understood the rival’s difficulty and he tried to keep the pace high, above all by varying the shots and trying to move as much as possible Daniel, who with great suffering (especially when he went to the right) tried to hold on. It’s clear though the challenge soon turned out to be unequal: de Minaur he won the second set and in the third he had, if possible, an even easier life, risking big only at the start of the fourth set when, after having obtained yet another break, suffered onedemonstration of sublime tenacity and resilience on the part of Medvedev.
Which is just what it is deluded of being able to stay attached to the match: as soon as the service percentages dropped, the Australian’s definitive thrust arrived promptly, he had never made it past the second round at Roland Garros (4-6 6-2 6-1 6-3). In one fell swoop de Minaur reached the quarterfinals in a slam (he only succeeded in 2020 at the US Open, beaten by Thiem) and a potential best ranking at number 8waiting for what they will do Tsitsipas and Ruud. Medvedev, he couldn’t do more than swear: the last victory on the circuit remains the one on land of Rome last year. And on the grass it will be difficult to put things right again.
Bolelli and Vavassori, full speed ahead: they are still flying to the quarterfinals
Self de Minaur is the happy face of Australian tennis, they can’t be as tough Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Who were simultaneously involved in the round of 16 of the doubles tournament, opposing each other Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassoriwho as expected took the victory and who will now face the couple Ram-Salisbury, certainly one of the strongest on the circuit.
The 6-3 6-4 mature final thanks to careful and determined match conduct, especially in the key points: in the first set the Italians find the break in the third game and then they manage not to be caught, canceling three balls for the equalizer. And after canceling one at the beginning of the second set, the break obtained in the second game seems to virtually close the score. However, the Australians exploit the only real empty pass finding parity at 4-4 only to then lose serve again and qualify for the quarterfinals Simon And Andrew, who continue to make proselytes, increasing the Italian contingent in the subsequent quarterfinals Sinner And Paolini in the singular (e Paolini-Errani poker could drop in women’s doubles).
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