Last night 8/10, the focus of the felt ball village was the semi -final between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev at Astana Open. This is considered the early final of the tournament when the two players are in very high form.
On the central field, Djokovic and Medvedev have created a very attractive competition. Entering Set 1, both won white in the first gaming game. Coming to Game 5 when holding the serve, Nole suddenly lost the break with a white game in a confusing way.
Even in Game 6, Djokovic reclaimed the successful break to balance the score 3-3. It seems that the two players will create a balance at the end of the set, the Medvedev again surpassed the No. 2 seed to win the second break in game 7 and quickly ended set 1 with a 6-4 victory.
Set Set 2, both Djokovic and Medvedev are sure and show high concentration. Accordingly, during 12 games, the two players successfully defended their serve games and no one won the break.
This also means that they have to enter the tie-break series to determine the victory. Here, Djokovic started better when winning 2 consecutive mini breaks to lead to 4-1. Medvedev then reclaimed 2 mini breaks to equalize 6-6. However, Nole played bravery to win the next 2 points, thereby closing a series of gunfights with a choking victory 8-6.
Peace 1-1 after 2 sets, the two players have to enter the set of 3 decisions. However, the central fans who did not follow this competition when Medvedev suddenly gave up for injury.
This result also helped Djokovic officially win tickets to play the men's singles finals Astana Open 2022. His opponent is Stefanos Tsitsipas. In the semi -final 1, the Greek player had just defeated Androy Rubleev.
