At Paris Masters 2021, all three leading players of the Next Gen generation Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are located in the same branch. While Tsitsipas was disappointed and eliminated early, both Medvedev and Zverev played well and is now present in the semi -finals.
This morning, these two players have just finished the quarterfinals. Before the opponents were underestimated, they all won and had tickets to go on.
In this round, Medvedev played the front, with the opponent Hugo Gaston. Gaston was born in 2000 and is making impressive developments in his career. Facing the defending US Open champion, he also played quite well and caused many difficulties for his seniors.
Even in Set 1, Gaston created a balance with Medvedev. After the dramatic chase, Gaston unexpectedly won the break first in Game 9. Here, the No. 2 seed plays better at the decision time and choking 9-7.
Set Set 2, Medvedev quickly owned the game. He started smoothly when he had 2 games to serve Gaston in games 1 and 3 to lead 3-0. Coming to Game 6, Gaston reclaimed the break successfully, but not enough to turn the flag. He accepted the racket with defeat 4-6.
In the final match of the quarterfinals, Zverev had a competition with Casper Ruud. In set 1, the German player won the break decided in the hinge game to win the 7-5 button. Sang Set 2, he also had once broken the opponent's ball game and won 6-4, thereby winning tickets to continue.
Thus, Medvedev and Zverev will meet in this year's Paris Masters semi -final. According to the announced schedule, this match will take place at 21:30 tonight 6/11. The two players will recreate the Paris Masters 2020 final, when Medvedev crowned the championship.
In the semi -final 1 at 19:00, Djokovic will compete for the ticket to the final with Hubert Hurkacz.
