After stopping in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros 2021, Daniil Medvedev decided to compete at Halle Open. This is a tournament in the ATP 500 category, helping players run the momentum before Wimbledon.
With 2nd place on the ATP rankings, Medvedev was ranked by the Halle Open Organizing Committee. This is considered a relatively gentle challenge for 25 -year -old star.
Even so, in Germany, the big shock occurred when Medvedev was the one who had to fail. In Set 1, the Russian star started quite smoothly when he won 1 break-point and took the 5-3 lead in Game 8. However, the match of the game then changed completely.
From the position to chase, Struff has rising strongly. Not only reclaiming the break in game 9, the world-class player in the world also saved 1 set point to put set 1 into the brain-to-brain tie-break series. Following the uplifting momentum, he quickly defeated Medvedev 8-6 in the tie-break series and won 1.
Sang 2, Struff continued to play the opponent. Even in game 4 and game 6, the German player won 2 break-point. On the other side of the battle line, Medvedev proved completely inferior. He only won 3 games in this set and accepted the racket with defeat 3-6.
In the end, Medvedev lost 0-2 and was officially eliminated from Halle Open in the first round. This is obviously the “disaster” momentum of the Russian tennis player before Wimbledon – Grand Slam will take place in late June.
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