Holger Rune continues to notch up big wins versus the prominent gamers in tennis with Daniil Medvedev the latest to taste defeat at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Last year Rune beat the similarity Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andrey Rublev en path to winning the Paris Masters and now he discovers himself 2 wins far from another ATP Masters 1000 title after reserving an area in the semi-final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Medvedev.
What made his win much more excellent was the truth that Medvedev has actually been the form gamer on the ATP Tour in recent months as he has actually won 4 titles – consisting of the Miami Open simply over a fortnight earlier.
Medvedev, obviously, was coming off a three-hour third-round win over Alexander Zverev on Thursday while Rune advanced to the quarter-final without striking a ball after Matteo Berrettini withdrew due to injury.
And the additional hours on court had an effect as the Dane broke in video game 4 and was quite comfy for the rest of the set prior to serving it out.
Rune then declared a break in video game 3 of the 2nd set, however this time Medvedev countered instantly just for the 6th seed to break once again in video game 9 and went on to declare his 10th win over a top-10 gamer.
“It wasn’t easy for sure, it’s always tough to play Daniil,” Rune said. “It was actually my first time playing against him in a real match, but we’ve practised tonnes of times. I have huge respect for everything he’s done. The last week it was not easy to stop him but I’m happy I managed to do it.”
The 19-year-old will increase to a career-high No 7 in the ATP Rankings on Monday and he might even leap up to No 6 if he beats Jannik Sinner in the semi-final.
Sinner won an all-Italian match as he protected a 6-2, 6-2 success Lorenzo Musetti, who stunned Novak Djokovic in the previous round.
“It’s not easy playing against [Musetti],” Sinner said. “I know his ability, his style, especially on this surface. I knew that I had to step up, try to take my chances before him.
“For sure starting [well]breaking him early gave me a lot of confidence and obviously I’m very happy about the performance… I felt great today on the court. I felt that I’m hitting the ball in the right spots in the right moments. I tried to stay aggressive, which I’ve done, so that’s for sure the positive thing.”
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