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In tennis, the second match of the ATP World Cup semi-final was a surprise! Spanish Rafael Nadal was eliminated in three sets by Russian Danyiil Medvedev.
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| Medvedev can rejoice: he defeated Nadal in the World Cup semifinals (Photo: AFP) |
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In Saturday’s first ATP World Championship semi-final, Austrian Dominic Thiem defeated first-place Serbian Novak Djokovic in a great battle in the third set. With that, it has already been decided that this year a new world champion will be inaugurated, because those who stayed in the competition have not won before.
In the second semi-final, match for second place between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Danyiil Medvedev of Russia in the first set, neither player lost their own service game with a 4: 3 lead from Nadal. It is true that the Spanish also had to pass three break balls. Then Medvedev lost his serve: Nadal took his first break and threw in the game 6: 3.
At the start of the second game, Medvedev got two break balls, immediately used the first one, leading to 2-0. Nadal’s 4: 2 Russian lead had a chance to win back the losing player. Medvedev was still blocking the first option, but he no longer knew the second. And Nadal drew 4: 4, then broke again and was able to serve 5: 4 for the match, but then lost his serve, to nothing. In Medvedev’s 6: 5 lead, Nadal still served successfully to stay in the game, but made a mistake in the acronym so that he could reach the final set.
The third game started with a break from Medvedev, but was blocked by Nadal, after which the Russian did not allow the Spanish a point on his own organ. Nadal had more unforced errors for this stage of the match than a winning shot. This contributed greatly to the fact that the match was much tighter than promised based on the first game. In the final set, they reached 3: 3 without appearing in front of any of the players other than the aforementioned break ball.
Then when Medvedev had another break opportunity at the end of a long game at 3: 3, he took a chance, stepped into the net and hit the ball, giving him a 4: 3 lead, and then taking advantage of Nadal’s fouls, he served your own serve with relative ease. . In fact, at 5: 3 he got a match ball in the Spanish service, which he took advantage of! Nadal came out for the first time this year by winning his first game, Medvedev closed the World Cup in London without winning last year, but could play a final against Dominic Thiem on Sunday.
TENNIS, ATP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (LONDON)
FINAL
Danyiil Medvedev (Russian, fourth) – Rafael Nadal (Spanish, second) 3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
PREVIOUSLY
Dominic Thiem (Austrian, 3) – Novak Djokovic (Serbian, 1) 7: 5, 6: 7 (10-12), 7: 6 (7-5)
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