Another surprise: Nadal’s dizzying series is over



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Russian Danyiil Medvedev will play the final on Sunday in Austria Dominic Thiemmel at the ATP World Championships for male tennis players in London, MTI wrote.The fourth highlight of the tournament defeated second place in the world rankings in three sets on Saturday night, Rafael Nadalt.

In the first game, with an advantage of 4: 3, the Spanish tennis player took the service game of his opponent, then he took a set advantage, but in the second, he went from 1: 4, he could serve for the match in 5 : 4, and it was finally shortened, which failed. In the third stage, the Russian player broke 3: 3 and then 5: 3 and won the match in 2 hours 37 minutes.

When I was in a 5: 4 loss in the second set, I decided to change a few small things. It worked very well

Medvedev said.

The value of his victory is further enhanced by the fact that Nadal was able to end his astonishing streak: the Spaniard won the last 71 matches to which he led his first set.

“I played poorly at 5: 4, I had a great opportunity, but I didn’t live with it,” Nadal said.

Medvedev was unable to defeat any of his opponents in this tournament a year ago.

The Jubilee, Fiftieth ATP World Championship is held behind closed doors due to the coronavirus epidemic, not even the linesmen, and his total prize has dropped from $ 9 last year to $ 5.7 million.

ATP World Cup, semi-final

Danyiil Medvedev (Russian, 4th) – Rafael Nadal (Spanish, 2nd) 3: 6, 7: 6 (7-4) 6: 3
Dominic Thiem (Austrian, 3rd) – Novak Djokovic (Serbian, 1st) 7: 5, 6: 7 (10-12), 7: 6 (7-5)

Featured photo: Glyn KIRK / AFP



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