In the Rogers Cup 2021, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are the two most appreciated names for the championship. The reason comes from the “Big 3” Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both withdraw from the tournament in Canada.
This morning (August 15), both Medvedev and Tsitsipas simultaneously played in the semi -finals. However, the results of these two players are opposite. While Tsitsipas suddenly collapsed against Reilly Opelka – who ranked 32nd in the ATP rankings, Medvedev had a very easy victory over John Isner to win tickets to the final.
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Entering Set 1, Medvedev has not very good starting when losing in the first game. However, the Russian tennis player quickly regained confidence. Accordingly, he took turns to break in game 3 and game 7 and then ended the set set with victory 6-2.
In Set 2, Medvedev continued to play, while Isner was completely inferior to the opponent. Right from game 1, Medvedev excellently won the break, then continuously pushed Isner into the chasing position. At game 6, the Russian player won the break once more and quickly closed the set with a score of 6-2.
In the end, Medvedev defeated Isner 2-0 (6-2, 6-2) to officially win tickets to this year's Rogers Cup final. Notably, he only takes 56 minutes to defeat an American 36 -year -old opponent. In this match, the Russian tennis player won 11 points ACE and had 4 games of the opponent's serve.
At 3:00 am tomorrow (August 16), Medvedev will enter the Rogers Cup 2021 final. Here, he will encounter Reilly Opelka – who has just had a historic victory against Tsitsipas in the semi -finals.
