With the absence of Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev is ranked No. 1 in Cincinnati Masters 2021. The Russian tennis player is also considered an extremely potential candidate for the throne when he is playing on the hard yard, and is at the same time after the championship in the previous tournament is the Rogers Cup.
However, Medvedev could not go to the final match in Cincinnati. This morning, the Russian star encountered an opponent of compatriot Andrey Rubleev in the semi -finals. As a result, the world's No. 2 tennis player lost unfortunately.
In this match, Medvedev had a very favorable start. Entering Set 1, he completely owned the game and won the gap with a score of 6-2. In this set, the world's No. 2 player has 3 times to win the break, while RubleV has only 1.
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Being 1-0 ahead, Rubleev suddenly became strong. He started very smoothly in set 2 when winning game 1 and chasing attractive scores with Medvedev in the next games. The turning point came in game 8 when RubleV excelled to win the break. The Russian tennis player also did not miss the opportunity to quickly close this set with 6-3 victory.
Sang Set 3 decided, the script in set 2 was repeated when Rubleev continued to be the one who showed the bravery at the time of the latch. Accordingly, the two players chased the attractive score until Rubleev won the break in game 7. To Game 9, he won the break once more and then won 6-3 at Set 3.
In the end, Medvedev lost to RubleV 1-2 and officially stopped in the semi-finals of Cincinnati Masters 2021. Despite the failure, the Russian tennis player still had a perfect momentum before the US Open. The last Grand Slam of the year will start on August 30.
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