The world’s first racket, Daniil Medvedev, defeated the German representative Alexander Zverev with the scores of 6:0, 6:4 at a show tournament held in Saudi Arabia.
The Russian tennis player completed a full serve, made four double mistakes and converted five of his eight break points. In the first set, Medvedev took five matches in a row. Also, the Russian had to take a medical break after Zverev’s joke, but immediately returned to the field.
Medvedev will play against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka in his next match. He played today’s match against Andrei Rublev and won with 6:7, 6:2, 1:0 scores.
The prize fund of the tournament in Riyadh is $3,000,000.
In the updated ATP rankings, Spaniard Carlos Alcaras (6820 points) continues to hold the first place, who won this year’s US Open. In the second line of the rating is another Spaniard – Rafael Nadal (6020 points). The top three were closed by Norwegian Kasper Ruud (5820 points). Medvedev finishes the year in seventh place.
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Source: Gazeta
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