Medvedev beats Dominic Thiem in the final! Tennisnet.com

Daniil Medvedev won the ATP Finals for the first time. In the final he won Dominic Thiem with 4: 6 and 7: 6 (5) and 6: 4 and thus he was crowned unofficial world tennis champion. (Here you can read the match on the live ticker!

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Daniil Medvedev had not promised too much. I had already trained with Thiem twice during the week, and there were long and spectacular rallies. “I think it is going to be great tennis,” he announced ahead of the final. You should be right.

Thiem had to fend off two break opportunities in the first service game, two good serves helped him. Bitter for Medvedev: With 2: 2 he spoiled a 40: 0: there were two forehand errors and Thiem had great defensive qualities on the third ball, but Medvedev still spoiled a possible smash at the end. And he left the game for a double fault.

Bitter for Medvedev, Part 2: With Thiem’s ​​ball fixed at 5: 4 and 40:30, he was on the trigger and attacked correctly, but Thiem’s ​​forehand flew inaccessible with the help of the edge of the net.

Medvedev in the tie break with seven points in a row

In the second set everything remained in line until 3: 3, Thiem then reached the first break ball, which Medvedev rejected with an action from Harakiki: second serve down the middle, brutal return Thiem from the back band, to Medvedev somehow still. he got the bat and made a save, which Thiem, who was running, put out of bounds. Medvedev rejected a second break ball on serve, but Thiem missed the opportunity for a third break ball after a heavy save from Medvedev, but frivolously with a 900 km / h forehand.

A brief moment of shock later in the next game when Thiem stumbled and flew, but immediately indicated: all is well. The best play of the match was at 30:30: Medvedev saved with praise, at the end of the play of 34 shots he responded to a good cut from Thiems with an unreachable forehand briefly crossed. Thiem defended himself confidently from the break ball and tied shortly after.

In the tiebreaker, Thiem started the mini-break early, but Medvedev scored seven straight points, tied the set with his 10th ace. The strong balance in the second set: Medvedev with 19 winners, Thiem only with 7.

Medvedev uses the ninth breakball

The third round started critically for Thiem: 1: 1 and 0:40 was there, but the world number three unpacked tight forehands, and fist in the direction of Nicolas Massu after winning the game. Thiem also had to fight at 2: 2, Medvedev used the third breakball of the game with a valiant net attack, the first break for him, in the ninth breakball overall. Thiem came back into the next game, but Medvedev served safely in the end.

“Daniil really deserved it. A great match, congratulations anyway for another great year. A great November with the title at Paris-Bercy and here,” Thiem praised his conquerors afterward. “I hope we still have a lot of great games. It was a pleasure today, even if I lost.”

Medvedev recalls Davydenko’s victory

With today’s victory, the 24-year-old Medvedev not only achieved his first ATP Finals triumph, but will also remain the last winner in London. Starting in 2021, the ATP Finals will move to Turin.

“I said it before the tournament, it was a great race here in London for the eleven years,” said Medvedev, noting that a player from Russia won both in the first edition with Nikolay Davydenko and now with him. . “Many thanks to Nikolay Davydenko for inspiring so many children with his victory here.”

Both Thiem and Medvedev had joined the manageable club of players with their semi-final victories, which could beat Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in a tournament.

Last year Thiem had lost in the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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