Daniil Medvedev has become the main protagonist of the ninth day of Wimbledon by eliminating the first favorite in the draw, the Italian Jannik Sinner, 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 2-6 and 6-3, in 4 hours.
The sequence of five consecutive defeats against the same rival comes to an end. He takes revenge, among others, for the painful defeat in the final of the Australian Open when he dominated by two sets to zero.
Medvedev took advantage of a rival’s physical doubts who had to be treated in the locker room midway through the game when he felt unwell. The oxygen in his blood was measured.
Sinner does not defend last year’s semi-finals in the big grass and deducts 320 points in his locker. His ATP leadership is not in jeopardy until the American hard court tour.
Medvedev saved two set points at 6-5 down. The outcome would be sudden death. The Russian would once again take the lead in the score, but Sinner was not going to give up so easily. He scored his second break in the third game of the fourth set. That small income was enough for him to sign the tables.
Daniil had the match in his racket with 3-1 and service in the tiebreaker set. They enjoyed a 40-30 and four leads to make it 4-1. He only took advantage of the last of them.
The Italian had a hard time bending down and lifting the ball over the net. Medvedev was the one who did defend last year’s result and will be in the semifinals on Friday. Wait for the winner of the duel between Carlos and Tommy Paul.
