It took Fritz 79 minutes to recover from his only previous loss to the Russians, the champion of the 2020 edition at the expense of Austria’s Dominic Thiem and the runner-up of the 2021 edition when he lost to the German Alexander Zverev.
Medvedev and Fritz met in the quarterfinals of the American tournament in Cincinnati in 2022, and the Russians won 7-6 (7-1) and 6-3.
Fritz got his third win against two losses in the tournament in which he is participating for the second time after the first one in 2022 when he reached the semi-finals.
Fritz said after the match, “My serve was the key to the win. He (Medvedev) returns the balls well.
Italian Jannik Sinner, first and second in last year’s edition, will play with Australian Alex De Minaur, seventh in the same group.
Fritz was by far the better team at the start of the match and won his matches easily, while the Russians struggled and committed seven doubles matches, including three in the tenth game, which allowed the American to break his serve at his first opportunity and decided the set in his favor 6-4 in 40 minutes.
The Russian released his anger with his racket after the end of the set, breaking it and receiving a warning from the referee of the Egyptian match, Adel Nour.
Medvedev had two chances to break Fritz’s serve in the first half of the second set, but he failed to capitalize on them, so the American went ahead 1-0.
The Russians had a third chance in the third game without success again translating it, and Fritsch had two chances to break Medvedev’s serve in the fourth game without taking advantage of them either, forcing the tie being 2-2, before he took a chance. in the sixth game, breaking the Russian serve and leading with 4. -2.
Medvedev threw the racket and broke one of the microphones on the field to express his displeasure with the behavior, amid protests from the fans, by preparing to receive the half-time ball with his racket back , and lost, falling behind 2-5.
Medvedev reduced the gap to 3-5 by winning the eighth game, but Fritz won the ninth and decided the set in his favor 6-3 in 39 minutes.
“I’m tired of looking at something out of my control,” Medvedev said.
He said, “I’ll see how things go. Of course, I had chances today, and I’ll have chances in the upcoming games. If things don’t go my way, I’ll go on vacation. I’m glad.”
The group includes former Australian star John Newcomb, Spaniard Carlos Alcarras III, Norwegian sixth seed Casper Ruud and runner-up in the 2022 edition, German Alexander Zverev II and champion of the 2018 and 2021 editions , and the other Russian Andrey Rublev VIII.
2024-11-10 17:15:00
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