Medvedev beat Davidovich, ended up drowned by heat and dreams of a title after more than two years

The Russian Daniil Medvedevcurrent 18 of the ATP system, needed an hour and 51 minutes of play to win against the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20º), by 6-3 and 7-6 (5) and advance to the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000.

The ex 1 of the world, 29 and champion of the United States Open 2021, faced a good day in the Asian office and He defeated for the second consecutive tournament at born in Malaga26 birthday. Days ago, in the eighths of Beijing, the Moscow had imposed by double 6-3, and then losing in the semifinals before the American Learner have retreat.

Short exchanges and scarce winning shots characterized the first part. Medvedev was neat, he limited himself to fulfilling his part and took advantage of cunning the lack of creativity of a dazzled Davidovich Fokina, who only had tennis pieces shown this year.

In the second set both raised their level, the Rallies They adopted more and better impacts and the outcome of history went to every orchestra. In this way, Trebreak witnessed excellent brushstrokes worthy of repetition.

The Russian reached the decisive section of the encounter without much physical rest, But – once for him – he avoided the third set with the right. He advanced with solvency and will seek to emulate in the penultimate M1000 of the calendar what was done in 2019, the year in which he consecrated champion by winning the German Alexander Zverev in the final.

In an open final painting, after the prompt eliminations of several of the candidates, including the first two preclassified ones, the Italian Jannik Sinner and the German Alexander Zverev, El Moscovita, owner of 20 ATP championships, He will try to go far and recover memory in a lean season. He does not win titles since Rome 2023 and reaped unthinkable losses that led him to give a rudder and break employment contract with his historic coach Gilles Cervara.

In the next round, the Russian robot Time will be measured again (52nd) In search of a quick revenge.

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