Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev met many times before and their rivalry started at the 2018 Miami Open in a heated clash.
Back then, the Greek called his opponent "bullsh*t Russian" after losing the match and Daniil Medvedev didn't like that. Since then, Stefanos Tsitsipas and current world number 1 met a total of 9 times with the Russian winning 7 of those matches. Ahead of their semifinal clash at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters, world no. 7 said:
“I knew coming into the match that it is never easy playing against him,” Tsitsipas said in his on-court interview. “You have to deal with lots of different variations of play and I think the most important thing is to stay patient because there will be a lot of situations that you can’t really control. That is what I was trying to do today.
“It all came [down] to a few points at the end of that set and I was just able to hang in there and make one more ball back and not give him much to work with," Tsitsipas said.
“I am going to have to play my game,” Tsitsipas ahead of his match against Medvedev. “I have been playing well so far. Of course an obstacle like Daniil is never easy. I am going to try and approach my game in the most precise and best manner and let my tennis do the talking."
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