The Russian beat the promising Danish tennis player in straight sets and won his sixth Masters 1000 in the Italian capital. Plus, he celebrated on brick dust for the first time.
A new crown in his brilliant professional career was won this Sunday by Daniil Medvedev (3rd) after beating Holger Rune (7th) by partials of 7-5 and 7-5 in the final of the Masters 1000 in Rome. I think it lasted 1h43.
In a match once again affected by the rains that fell on the Italian capital, and which forced the postponement of its start, It was the former world number 1 who managed to unbalance in a tight first set and it was only decided in favor of the Russian thanks to a break of serve in the twelfth game, allowing him to take a lead of 7- 5. .
However, the Dane reacted early in the second set, earning an entry break which he then confirmed with his serve to go ahead 2-0. But the Muscovite was not far behind and immediately leveled the action 2-2.
Later, Rune came back to guard his rival’s serve, letting the table serve to close the set in his favor when it was 5-4; however, Medvedev once again pulled out his best shots to level the score at 5-5.
And when it looked like the set would last until the tie-break, The 20-year-old Dane faltered again, giving up his game at a decisive moment, an instance his opponent took advantage of to close the game with another 7-5. .
With this victory, the Russian tennis player -who equaled his record against Rune 1-1- added the twentieth crown of his professional career and the fifth this year. In addition, he won his sixth Masters 1000 title, after those obtained in Cincinnati and Shanghai (2019), Paris (2020), Canada (2021) and Miami (2023). .
Likewise, he celebrated on brick dust for the first time after 18 of his previous 19 celebrations had been on hard courts (only one of his titles was on another surface, grass, in Mallorca in 2021).
The next challenge for Medvedev and Rune will be in the second Grand Slam of the season, Roland Garros competition which begins on May 28 and will last until June 11. Both will seek their first major tournament in France .
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