At Rotterdam Open 2023, Felix Auger -anssime is the championship. Last year, the Canadian player defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final to be crowned.
This year, Auger -anssime continued to return to the Netherlands with the goal of protecting the throne. Here, he is ranked No. 3 seeds and has a fair start. However, before the strong opponent, Daniil Medvedev, the defending champion had to stop in the quarterfinals.
Entering Set 1, after the beginning seems to be balanced, Medvedev has strongly rising to the second half of the set. The Russian tennis player won 2 consecutive breaks in game 5 and game 7 and did not face any break-point. Coming to Game 8, he successfully defended his gaming game and won 6-2 gap.
Sang Set 2, Auger -anssime played better. After losing the break first in game 3, the Canadian player immediately reclaimed the break in game 4 to equalize 2-2. However, this is still not enough for him to come back.
Accordingly, to Game 7, Auger -anssime let Medvedev break the game. The Russian tennis player successfully defended his two gaming games to keep the advantage. After 83 minutes, Auger -anssime accepted the racket with 4-6 defeat.
In the end, Medvedev won 6-2, 6-4 and turned Auger -anssime into a former king. This result also helped him to have a second ticket to the semi -finals of Rotterdam Open. The rival of the 6th seed will be Grigor Dimitrov.
