ATP finals in London – Medvedev after the coup against Djokovic in the semifinal – Sport

• Daniil Medvedev (ATP 4) beats Novak Djokovic (ATP 1) in the 2nd game of Round Robin in 2 sets 6: 3, 6: 3.
• Thanks to his second win in the second game, the Russian is already a semi-finalist at the ATP Finals in London.
• In the afternoon match, Alexander Zverev (ATP 7) defeated Diego Schwartzman (ATP 9) in 3 sets 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3.

Unusually many unforced errors and only nearly 50 percent returned surcharges. Furthermore, lethargic and somewhat lacking in ideas. So you could sum up Novak Djokovic’s appearance in the 2-set defeat to Daniil Medvedev at the ATP Finals in London.

The Serbian entered the game as the favorite. The Russian has won 2 of the last 3 duels against the number 1. And that in London he can hurt the Serbian, Medvedev proved from the start. He didn’t let Djokovic’s well-known friction tactic put him on his feet and he shone with strong defensive tennis.

Medvedev uses the fifth break chance

Up to the score of 3: 3 it was an open game. The seventh game of the first set when Djokovic served, however, has already set the stage for victory for Medvedev. The Russian had left 4 break possibilities until he was able to use his 5th to make it 4: 3 after more than 10 minutes of play. Djokovic lost the thread, because only a short time later he gave his counterpart the first sentence with a double mistake.

Normally, the world number 1 knows how to get out of such dangerous situations, but against Medvedev there was no possibility of overturning. On the contrary: the 24-year-old Russian was clearly the best player and he also dictated what happened in the second set. Thanks to an early break and good service matches, he managed to break away at 3-0. Djokovic could not find an answer to this. After 1 hour and 21 minutes, Medvedev used his first match point for 6: 3 and 6: 3.

Djokovic must deliver against Zverev

With this win, Medvedev is the second semi-finalist at this year’s ATP Finals after Dominic Thiem. Djokovic, who started the tournament without losing a set in the first game, will now face Alexander Zverev (ATP 7) on Friday. The winner of this duel will also receive the semi-final ticket.

So it goes on

In the afternoon match of the London Group on Thursday (from 15:00) Dominic Thiem (ATP 3) and Andrej Rublew (ATP 7) face off. In the evening (21:10) Rafael Nadal (ATP 2) will meet the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 6). You can follow both matches live on SRF Zwei and in the SRF Sport app.