In the second quarter-final of the day, Daniil Medvedev faced Jannik Sinner. A match full of promise between the future world number 2 and the young Italian prodigy.
Right from the start, the Russian sets the pace. He attacks everything that moves and hits the ball very hard. On the other side of the court, there is a response, but when the exchange exceeds 6 or 7 strokes, Medvedev wins the point nine times out of ten. This pattern forces the Italian to change his plan, even though he is fond of physical battles over time.
In the fifth game, the Russian's supremacy is confirmed: Medvedev has a break opportunity, which he manages to take with a brilliant forehand winner. He confirms, then rebreaks and wins the first set 6-2.
In the second set, bis repetita. Medvedev takes his opponent's serve at 2 games to 1. He continues to be very aggressive, but Sinner still shows some positive signs. He is less threatened on his service games and even manages to get a break point, which he cannot convert, due to a powerful first from Medvedev who forces a return that is too long. At 5-4, Medvedev, the No. 1 seed, felt he had finally reached the semifinals in Marseille, having already lost two quarters here. He only dropped one point on his serve and won 6-2 6-4 in 1 hour and 15 minutes. In the semi-finals, he will face the surprise of the tournament, the Australian Matthew Ebden. A match in which he will be ultra-favourite, as was Khachanov ...
