Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Daniil Medvedev’s quest for a fifth ATP Masters 1000 title moved into top gear at the Western & Southern Open Friday, when he downed Taylor Fritz 7-6(1), 6-3 to reach the semi-finals in Cincinnati. The top seed backed up his impressive victories over Botic van de Zandschulp and Denis Shapovalov with an all-round display against the American to advance after one hour and 38 minutes. Follow Western & Southern Open LIVE on InsideSport.IN
Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Daniil Medvedev defeats Tayor Fritz in straight sets in quarterfinal of Cincinnati Masters
He’s got that look 😤@DaniilMedwed is off to a first Masters 1000 semifinal of the season moving past Fritz 7-6(1), 6-3#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/r96cvaRys1
— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 19, 2022
The 26-year-old fired 32 winners as he laid blows with his racquet, while he hung tight in the key moments during their first ATP Head2Head meeting, saving three set points in the first set to improve to 9-3 in Masters 1000 quarter-finals.
Medvedev suffered a disappointing second-round defeat against Nick Kyrgios in Montreal last week. However, he has found his rhythm in Cincinnati and is now 14-4 at the hard-court event.
“Cincinnati fast courts and fast balls and I have always liked it. But always tricky matches, especially between two great servers,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “I feel like me and Taylor served good, even if we aren’t John [Isner] maybe! I knew that it was going to be a tight match.
“The first set he was on top of me a little bit. He had many more chances than I did on my serve, but I managed to stay in. There were some set points where I could have missed and no one would have talked about it, it would have been normal. But I managed to stay in the set and that helped me win the match.” Medvedev now will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas or American John Isner in the last four.
Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Daniil Medvedev defeats Tayor Fritz in straight sets in quarterfinal of Cincinnati Masters
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