Before the Halle Open semi -final, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev met 19 times. In particular, Medvedev won 13 times, and defeated the opponent in the last 3 encounters. This ratio was expanded when the Russian tennis player continued to win at Halle recently.
This match, Medvedev started confidently, but had to temporarily stop playing in Game 9 because of nosebleeds. However, when he entered the tie-break series, he still owned the game to win 7-3. Meanwhile, Zverev constantly made mistakes with 4 damaged errors.
At the beginning of Set 2, Medvedev continued to break through when breaking the opponent's serve game and 2-0. Shortly thereafter, Zverev played strongly to reclaim the break before successfully saving 3 match point in game 12. Sang Tie-Break, the No. 2 seed like 'makeover' to overwhelm 7-1.
Without losing mentality when equalized, Medvedev won the break early in Set Ba and saved the four Break Points in the next game, thereby taking 3-1 leading. Since then, the two players have firmly held the serve games. Medvedev also retains the advantage until the end of the set to close the match after 2 hours 59 minutes of stress.
In the end, Medvedev defeated Zverev with a score of 7-6 (3), 6-7 (1), 6-4 and officially won tickets to the final. This is also the first time in 15 months, the Russian player has reached an ATP final.
The last opponent of Medvedev in Halle is Alexander Bublik. In the remaining semi-finals, the Russian player defeated Karen Khachanov with a score of 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. Notably, Bublik was also the one who eliminated Jannik Sinner in the second round.
