Alex de Minaur upsets 2nd-seeded Medvedev, advances to Toronto Semifinals
On a warm and sunny afternoon at Sobeys Stadium, Medvedev, the Russian who emerged victorious in the 2021 Toronto tournament, recorded a total of seven double-faults, with the final one occurring on match point.
Toronto: Alex de Minaur beat second-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (7), 7-5 to reach the National Bank Open semifinals.
“I had to play some of my best tennis today,” said De Minaur, from Australia. “It has been a great week for me so far. I played the right way today. I think having played him at the end of last year gave me the confidence that I had a chance. I just had to play the right way and I am extremely proud of the effort and to still be alive,” he said on Friday.
Also Read
Medvedev, the Russian who won the 2021 in Toronto, had seven double-faults — the last on match point on a warm, sunny afternoon at Sobeys Stadium.
De Minaur will face Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a battle of unseeded players in their first career Masters 1000 semifinal. In March, de Minaur won in Acapulco for his seventh career title.
Davidovich Fokina beat American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2 in the opening quarterfinal.
In the night session, top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain faced 12th-seeded Tommy Paul of the United States, and seventh-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy opposed Gael Monfils of France.
