It can be said that the Belarus Ilya Ithashka player was not lucky to face Daniil Medvedev in the second round of Paris Masters 2021. He played very well in the first round when defeating Ramos-Vinolas after 2 sets, but the rising performance of this player was not enough to help him overcome a Medvedev being in Phom. Taking advantage of the serve and superiority, Medvedev continues to overcome the opponent at the decisive moment.
Medvedev is the current Paris Masters champion, and he has partly shown his strength when he leads the opponent to 5-1 right in Set 1 and has 3 chances to win a set. However, Medvedev did not take advantage of it and let Ivashka balance the score 5-5. It was not until IVASHKA proved to be a bit down and continuously made the last phase of Set 1, Medvedev won an additional break to win 7-5.
Entering Set 2, the struggle posture continues, and Medvedev can only win thanks to the break when the score is 4-4. Taking advantage of the serve in the game to win the decisive point, Medvedev ends set 2 with a score of 6-4 and continues to the next round. His opponent in the match that takes place tomorrow morning in Vietnam will be Sebastian Korda, American tennis player.
With Medvedev, his problem at the present time is just the world's No. 2 player still has many double serve errors. In this match, Medvedev made 5 double errors, and IVASHKA only got once. Medvedev's 1 successful serve rate is only 63%, slightly lower than the opponent (68%). In return, the outstanding level has helped Medvedev regain their advantages in the couple.
“Ivashka is the opponent that is not easy to play. In the last time I and he met at the Davis Cup, he defeated me. Both know each other from the day he was young players playing the Futures so he understood me very well, and the opposite was true. Ivashka was a good player, so he defeated him not easy at all,” Medvedev shared. “I was not good starting, but then played more certainly.”
