The Russian Daniil Medvedevthe Spaniard Rafael Nadalthe Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the British Cameron Norrie they fulfilled the predictions of advancing to the semifinals of the Mexican Open, defeating their rivals in the quarterfinals in straight sets.
In the first match of the day, Daniil Medvedev, already knowing that his arrival at the top of the world ranking of tennis players next Monday is imminent, established an abysmal difference over the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.
Medvedev, top seed in Acapulco, dominated and defeated Nishioka (103/ATP) in two sets with runs of 6-2 and 6-3 in one hour and 10 minutes.
“Yoshihito is a great fighter, it was not an easy matchluckily I stood my ground and was able to save two break points,” Medvedev said.
Afterwards, Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded third and fourth in the world ranking, remained solid and brilliant, and on this occasion he had no problem accounting for the American Mark Giron.
In this match, Tsitsipas had 100% of the break points against saved with four and demanded everything he could from the North American Giron (59/ATP).
“I was able to handle the game by opening the floor looking for the angles which is one of my best weapons”, commented Tsitsipas at the end of the match.
In his turn, Rafael Nadal, number 5 in the world ranking and fourth favorite in Acapulco, kicked out of the tournament the American Tommy Paul (39/ATP) who was a rival who transformed from the first set to the second.
Nadal won the first set without a problem and swept Paul 6-0 with three breaks from seven chances. The Spaniard served in a great way and in the bowling he put the ball in all the directions he wanted.
In the second round, Paul was another: he broke Nadal’s service three times and threw four serves aces to gain valuable points, and was up 5-2 but the Manacor Fair came from behind to win the tie break.
“The first set was one of the best I’ve played in a long time”, boasted Nadal, but “we must not hide how complicated the second has been, we must give credit to Tommy who has played at a very good level”.
In the semifinals, Nadal will meet again with Medvedev, his rival in the final of the Australian Open, where the Spaniard achieved his 21st Grand Slam, a record.
The day closed with a duel that ended with an overwhelming score. The British Cameron Norrie, number 12 in the world and sixth seed, destroyed the German Peter Gojowczyk (95/ATP) in two sets with cards of 6-1 and 6-0.
Norrie broke Gojowczyk’s serve six times from 11 chances and saved all five break points against her to win the match in one hour and 12 minutes.
The Mexican Open is an ATP 500 category tournament that distributes a purse of 1.2 million dollars in prizes.
Results in quarterfinals
Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.1) defeated Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-2, 6-3
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.3) beats Marcos Giron (USA) 6-3, 6-4
Rafael Nadal (ESP/N.4)-Tommy Paul (USA) 6-0, 7-6 (7/5)
Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.6)-Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-1, 6-0
semi-final matches
Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.1)-Rafael Nadal (ENG/N.4)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.3)-Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.6) (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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