The Russian beat Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 in what is his fifth tournament win throughout 2023. This Monday, he will emerge as the new world four.
Daniil Medvedev wins his fourth title of the season and the fifth Masters 1000 of his career. He did it in Miami, beating young Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3. This Monday, he will rise to fourth place in the world, proving that he is by far the best player of the year. Of 28 games played in 2023, they have won 25.
Year of takeover, after a year 2022 where had to undergo surgery for a hernia, missed Wimbledon and was unable to defend his title at the 2021 US Open . In fact, those bad feelings continued in Australia this year, where he fell in the third round and it dropped out of the top ten for the first time since July 2019. But all of that is behind us. The Russian won back-to-back titles in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai, before reaching the Indian Wells Masters 1000 final against Carlos Alcaraz.
Now he took revenge, but not with the Spaniard, but with the executioner of the child prodigy. Medvedev beat Sinner for the sixth time in a row, in a game played under their rules. The Italian fell into the trap and played a match that was played almost entirely from the baselines, the Russian’s favorite area.
But it wasn’t easy because in the first moto he had to fight to break the 21-year-old rider. They took 37 minutes in the first six games (including one of 10 minutes) and even suffered a break at 2-2. A punishment that was returned immediately, rekindling the feeling that he was the best player on the main track at Hard Rock Stadium.
And while there haven’t been any differences for a long time, the former world number one has shown he’s still on the lookout. Something he got at 5-6. He broke and clenched his fist, knowing this set was so much more than a half title.
The fatigue and tension experienced in the opening round left Sinner (who requested medical assistance to take medication ) hit. In fact, in the second round, he was quickly broken and gave very bad feelings with his serve.. When he was 1-4 on the scoreboard, he only had 40% points won with his first serve in the second set and 0% with the second . In total, he had only obtained two points in two service games.
Although he improved this stat in the other two service games, the distance was already long. Medvedev closed the championship with a resounding 6-3 and won his fifth Masters 1000. The first in Miami and on the first tour of North America. Now comes clay, a surface that always gives him problems. Although he is not worried, he is currently the player who has scored the most points in all of 2023. The first in the race in Turin.
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