Victory Daniel Medvedev in the semi-finals of the Masters in Indian Wells against the representative of the United States Francis Tiafoe despite the controversial episodes, speaks of a good psychological state of the Russian, says the famous Soviet and Russian tennis player Andrei Chesnokov.
The match lasted 1 hour 48 minutes and ended in two games – 7:5, 7:6 (7:4).
– Medvedev and Tiafoe have played before, Medvedev won quite comfortably. As for this match, the first set – the score was 7:5, but, in theory, Daniil should have won with a more comfortable advantage. If we take only the plots at Medvedev’s filing, then they did not exist at all. The hardest thing for him, it seems, was the 30:30 score in one game, and everything else was pretty easy.
Tiafoe, of course, tried to impose his game with sharp and fast shots. Thanks to them, he beat Cameron Norrie, who simply could not cope with these blows. Many do not follow the rhythm imposed by Tiafoe. But Medvedev is in such great shape now – he catches everything, impossible balls, impossible shots.
Meanwhile, Tiafoe’s serve lasted 0:40. He behaved that way at that time, he showed some emotions – it discouraged Medvedev a little. Then the public supported theirs. In this context, when there were break points, Daniil played badly – not in one game, in the whole game. Let’s say in the second set 3:1 and 15:40. If he had won this game, Tiafoe’s save would have ended, because I think the score would have become 5:1 later. And since Medvedev lost this match, the score became 3:2, it was necessary to keep his service. Then – 4-3. With the score 5:3, Tiafoe played three match points, the audience was delighted. Medvedev really lost the game then. Then – the next game, another match point, and still Tiafoe took a break.
With the score at 5:5, Medvedev returned to the game, forgot that he had lost three match points and started playing the tennis he had shown earlier when he scored points. The score is 6:5 and 40:0 – how can Medvedev lose serve with such a score? And he put down and ran to the net – did he do that at least once in the whole game? But suddenly he ran to matchball and lost. Then there was an unforced error, Tiafoe played really well on the last match point, and it all went the other way. The score was 5:1 in the tie-break and suddenly it became 5:4 – I didn’t know if he would end up winning or not. But Daniel made two great shots and won. This suggests that his psychological state is incredible,” Chesnokov told Gazeta.Ru.
In the final, the Russian will play with Spaniard Carlos Alcaras. The match is scheduled for March 20, starting at 2:00 a.m. Moscow time.
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