After the No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz was eliminated in the first round, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev are the two leading candidates for the Astana Open 2022 championship. Last night, Nole continued to have more easy victory to be present in the quarterfinals. Shortly thereafter, Medvedev also won tickets.
In this round, Medvedev encountered Emil Ruusuvuori. In the last round, the Finnish player has just impressed when defeating the Sofia Open Marc-Andrea Huesler easily after 2 sets. However, before the opponent has a different level like Medvedev, Ruusuvuori cannot create a surprise.
Entering Set 1, Medvedev quickly hit Ruusuvuori when he won the break right in the first game. In the middle of the set, the Finnish player played hard. Game 7, he makes the No. 2 seed very hard when there are 3 opportunities to reclaim the break. However, he could not take advantage of success.
Shortly thereafter, Ruusuvuori had to “pay”. After winning the white 8-hinge game, Medvedev has won the break for the second.
Sang Set 2, Medvedev continued to start well when successfully breaking the first gaming game of Ruusuvuori. The Finnish player then tried to reclaim the break right in game 3. However, this is also all he can do.
At the end of the set, Medvedev continues to show superiority to the opponent. The Russian tennis player won 2 consecutive breaks in games 6 and 8, thereby closing Set 2 with a 6-2 victory.
In the end, Medvedev defeated Ruusuvuori with a score of 6-3, 6-2 and was officially present in the quarterfinals. His next opponent will be Roberto Bautista Agut. If he reached the semi -finals, he would probably encounter Novak Djokovic.
