The second part of the season is here and Daniil Medvedev is once again proving why he broke the long domination of the Big Four on the world no. 1 spot.
The 26-years-old Russian won the Los Cabos Open and after losing in Montreal to Nick Kyrgios, he's on his way to the title at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. In the quarterfinals, he defeated the home player Taylor Fritz and in the first set of the match, he also improved his record in the tie-breaks of the ATP Masters 1000 events to 20-6. After the match, he spoke also about the 'lottery' in tie-breaks and fast courts in Cincinnati.
“Cincinnati fast courts and fast balls and I have always liked it. But always tricky matches, especially between two great servers,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “I feel like me and Taylor served good, even if we aren’t John [Isner] maybe! I knew that it was going to be a tight match.
“The first set he was on top of me a little bit. He had many more chances than I did on my serve, but I managed to stay in. There were some set points where I could have missed and no one would have talked about it, it would have been normal. But I managed to stay in the set and that helped me win the match.”
“That is great because tie-breaks are a fine thing. We call it a lottery and I do think it is this way a little bit. I remember when I had the crazy run in 2019. I think someone told me once that I won a lot of tie-breaks in a row," Medvedev said.
"I don’t know if it was eight or 12, so I was like, 'That is cool.' I just try to do my best and win every point. You win some and lose some. But 20-6 is a good record, so I am happy about it.”
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