Dubai Tennis Championships: Daniil Medvedev Stuns Novak Djokovic in Semis

Daniil Medvedev moved to inside one win of capturing his third consecutive tour-level title on Friday when he ended Novak Djokovic’s excellent begin to the season on the Dubai Tennis Championships.

In the 14th chapter of their rivalry, Medvedev was locked in from ball one, triumphing 6-4, 6-4 to increase his successful streak to 13 matches. The third seed stood deep behind the baseline to absorb Djokovic’s ball-striking.

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Medvedev dedicated simply 12 unforced errors in comparison with 38 from Djokovic and he was fast across the courtroom, chasing down a lot of drop pictures to advance after one hour and 35 minutes.

“When you play in opposition to Novak you simply must play your greatest. Kind of hope he doesn’t play his greatest on the day as a result of when he performs his greatest, nicely he has 22 Grand Slams, so even should you play your greatest, it’s going to be robust, unsure you win,” Medvedev stated.

“I managed to play at a higher level than him today. In the second set I didn’t face one break point, but there were so many 30/30 games. But I managed to stay composed and I am happy to be in the final tomorrow,” he added.

The 27-year-old lifted tour-level titles in Rotterdam and Doha in February. He will intention to clinch his 18th tour-level crown and seventeenth on exhausting courts when he faces Andrey Rublev in the championship match on Saturday.

Rublev recorded his first victory over Alexander Zverev in his sixth try, successful 6-3, 7-6(9) to maneuver inside one win of defending his Dubai Tennis Championships title.

Meanwhile, Medvedev additionally ended Djokovic’s bid to grow to be the primary man to finish the Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969 when he defeated the Serbian in the 2021 US Open closing. But, the highest seed entered the conflict on the ATP 500 in Dubai off the again of 4 consecutive wins in opposition to Medvedev.

However, he was unable to make it 5 and enhance on his 15-0 begin to the season, with the World No. 7 Medvedev limiting errors and successful the longer exchanges to enhance to 5-9 in their ATP Head2Headvert collection.

Djokovic struggled to search out constant rhythm in opposition to Medvedev. He served-and-volleyed in the primary set to pressurise Medvedev’s deep courtroom return place, however struggled to efficiently execute the play. He then threw all the pieces at Medvedev on return in the second set, putting with aggression and depth. However, he was unable to hit by means of the third seed, who acted like a brick wall.

Medvedev, who’s making his third look in Dubai, has but to drop a set this week, additionally defeating Matteo Arnaldi, Alexander Bublik and Borna Coric.

Djokovic was chasing his sixth title in Dubai, having lifted the trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020.

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