By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, February 18, 2023
Playing shrewd territorial tennis propelled Daniil Medvedev again to his comfortable place.
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A affected person Medvedev dispatched Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2 in at present’s Rotterdam semifinals to advance to his twenty eighth ATP closing—and return to the Top 10 within the course of.
“Some wonderful rallies. It was 2-2, love-40 for him within the second, so to handle to win it 6-2, simply elevate my degree a bit bit on serve and handle to maintain constant… He made a number of extra errors than he wanted to make, and I’m pleased with my degree.”
The former world No. 1 raised his file to 9-2 supplanting Hubert Hurkacz as new world No. 10 within the dwell rankings.
Medvedev has been masterful in his final two rounds and will likely be extremely motivated in opposition to red-hot Italian Jannik Sinner.
Montpellier champion Sinner scored his eighth straight win, edging Dutch wild card Tallon Griekspoor 7-5, 7-6(5) in a high-quality second semifinal. Sinner didn’t face a break level and received 32 of 39 first-serve factors.
The 2021 US Open champion has received all 4 conferences with Sinner and if he prevails tomorrow to take his sixteenth profession title, Medvedev will transfer previous Holger Rune for the No. 9 spot within the dwell rankings.
“It would be amazing,” Medvedev stated of his title hopes. “Every time I come here, and I think it is my fifth time here, everywhere there are photos of the winners and their names. …
“To add my name there would be amazing, but for this I need to play well in the final.”
Sinner owns a 7-1 finals file, whereas Medvedev is 15-12 in ATP finals.
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