"He kept missing a lot of first serves" - Tsitsipas on how Medvedev helped him to get to Cincinnati final
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play in the final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters after defeating world number 1, Daniil Medvedev.
After hitting 18 aces and only 4 double faults against Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals, the Russian hit just 2 aces and 11 double faults in his semifinal match against Stefanos Tsitsipas and that helped him a lot. Especially, in the third set, Daniil Medvedev hit only 39% of his first serves and added 6 double faults.
"There were some difficult shots I had to play a bit more," said Tsitsipas. "A few short balls I really took advantage of and came in. A lot of courageous serve and volleys, approaches to the net that definitely gave me that great win today.”
“I knew I had to sign up for a difficult task, third set, it wasn’t going to be easy," Tsitsipas said post-match. "He made it very physical and really demanding for me. I just took advantage of some of his missed first serves. I think I had a couple opportunities where it seemed to be going towards to my side."
"He kept missing a lot of first serves consecutively and that gave me some time to think of my next move a little bit clearer," Tsitsipas said about his opponent. "He gave me a double fault on break point, which I think was very important moment for me psychologically to give my best shot. I was a few games away and I was very calm and concentrated in every single task that was given to me."
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