The Russian will seek the title against his compatriot Rublev
MADRID, 3 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic conceded the first defeat of the season this Friday by losing (6-4, 6-4) to the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, who will face his compatriot Andrey Rublev for the title .
The world number one was suppurated by an imposing Medvedev, focused on his game and on how to stop a ‘Nole’ who landed in the Emirates after winning his 22nd ‘Grand Slam’ in Australia. The man from Belgrade hardly hurt the rest and was upset as he had been for a long time, giving up after 20 consecutive victories.
From 2023 they stayed at 15, due to a Medvedev also on a roll, recent champion of Doha and Rotterdam (13-0). The Russian took control of the semifinal with two ‘breaks’ that gave him a 5-2 that he did not waste, enduring the reaction of the historic number one, 378 weeks with this surpassing the record of the German Steffi Graf.
Then, with a broken start, the third seed began to twist the Serb’s face, irritated and unable to get the high level that his rival demanded. With that ‘break’, Medvedev imposed his streak to meet defending champion Rublev, who defeated German Alexander Zverev (7-5, 6-4) in the other ‘semi’.