1992 Roland Garros finalist Andrey Olkhovsky shared his view on the strengths of US tennis player Francis Tiafoe, rival of Russian Daniil Medvedev, in the semi-finals of the Masters series tournament at American Indian Wells.
“Tiafo is a very dangerous opponent in terms of movement and plays very well in America. Tiafoe likes to play in public. Today he does not have consistently high results. But he can knock out a game or two. Therefore, he is always dangerous – just as he will show tennis today. ,” explains Olkhovsky. Vprognoze.ru.
In the quarterfinals, Medvedev defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina with a score of 6:3, 7:5. The semi-final match between Medvedev and Tiafoe will start on Saturday, March 18 at 21:00 Moscow time.
In the updated rating of the Professional Tennis Players Association (ATP), Medvedev beat Andrei Rublev (3660 points) to move up to sixth place (3775 points). Thus, the accumulated burden of the Russian is only 20 points from the American Taylor Fritz, who is in fifth place.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic remains in the lead (7160 points). He won the Australian Open in January 2023.
Former Ukrainian tennis player Lesya Tsurenko statedShe said she did not attend the third round match of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament with Belarusian Arina Sobolenko due to a panic attack she experienced after meeting with one of the WTA leaders.