Russian Daniil Medvedev will play with US representative Taylor Fritz in the final of the exhibition tournament held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). On Saturday, he beat Cameron Norrie (England) 7:6, 4:6, 10:6.
Medvedev was stronger than Swiss Stan Wawrinka (6:4, 6:4), who had beaten Andrey Rublev in the previous stage in the semi-final match. The Russian tennis player completed three hits exactly, made a double mistake and converted three of his seven break points.
The match between Medvedev and Fritz will be played today, December 10. The meeting starts at 22:00 Moscow time.
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.
Formerly Yevgeny Kafelnikov He said he would not be excluded from the ATP tour of Wimbledon because the Russians missed the tournament..